German police find more radiation
Radiation traces found in two properties are linked to Litvinenko contact.
Police said they were questioning Kovtun’s ex-wife, an unnamed 31-year-old.
Investigation widens
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Police experts are trying to determine if the radioactivity came from polonium 210, the highly radioactive substance which killed Litvinenko.
British authorities are treating Litvinenko’s death as murder.
Following the discovery of the radiation traces at the two properties in Germany, the investigation was widened to include a Germanwings airliner used by Kovtun on November 1 – the day he flew to London to meet Litvinenko.
No radioactivity was detected and the aircraft was returned to service.
Kovtun, one of three Russians who met Litvinenko in London on November 1, was also reported on Friday to be suffering from radiation sickness.
There have been conflicting reports on Kovtun’s condition, with a lawyer denying claims that he had fallen into a coma.