NBC: British police determine source of nerve agent that poisoned couple
Police are investigating whether the nerve agent came from the same batch that poisoned a former Russian spy and his daughter.
British authorities investigating the poisoning of two people have found a bottle believed to have contained Novichok, a nerve agent that was also used against a former Russian spy and his daughter, the Metropolitan Police said Friday.
Dawn Sturgess, a 44-year-old woman who was exposed to the poison, died in a hospital on Sunday. Charlie Rowley, her 45-year-old partner, was said to be in critical condition before he regained consciousness. He is in serious condition but is stable, police said Friday.
The small bottle was found during searches of Rowley's house in Amesbury on Wednesday, police said in a statement. It was tested, and scientists confirmed the substance inside was Novichok, a military-grade, Soviet-produced nerve agent that was used in an attack on the ex-spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia. Sturgess and Rowley were hospitalized in late June, authorities have said.
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4 comments:
Next to the peptobismol.
"Next to the peptobismol."
No, the Preparation H.
Someone who works for Russia.
Dave,
"Someone who works for Russia." Could well be. But I personally think it was a murder by someone who has a good chemistry background and used the original poisoning as a test run, but I'm wrong a lot. There are a lot of things about this incident that are unusual if it was a Russian operation.
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