Via Reuters: Ukraine’s Yushchenko Poisoned by Dioxin-Doctors

Ukrainian presidential hopeful Viktor Yushchenko was a victim of dioxin poisoning, but it remains unclear if it was the result of a deliberate act, Austrian doctors treating him said on Saturday.

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“There is no doubt,” Dr Michael Zimpfer, president of the Rudolfinerhaus clinic where Yushchenko is undergoing treatment, told a news conference.”There were high concentrations of dioxin, most likely orally administered.”

It was impossible to determine, he said, how the poisoning had taken place. “We weren’t there and we will leave that to the legal authorities to decide.”

Zimpfer said dioxin was soluble and would therefore be easy to administer in something like a cream soup.

“We suspect a cause triggered by a third party,” he said.

Curiouser and curiouser.

Update: Comparison photos here and here.