Key suspects identified in Novichok nerve agent poisonings

By Gege Li2018-09-06T10:26:00

Salisbury, UK - July 6, 2018: Police cordon off a hostel in the city centre as investigations continue after local residents Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess fell ill with nerve agent poisoning.

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Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons backs UK finding that the same Novichok agent was responsible for Amesbury and Salisbury incidents

The chemical weapon responsible for the hospitalisation of one person and the death of another in Amesbury in June has been confirmed by an international body to be the same Novichok nerve agent used in the Salisbury poisoning. The Metropolitan Police yesterday released the names of two Russian suspects it is seeking in connection with the poisonings.