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A woman who lived a short distance from where Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent has died. Prime Minister Theresa May is "appalled and shocked" by the death:
Police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman exposed to nerve agent Novichok in Wiltshire died. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died in hospital on Sunday evening after falling critically ill on 30 June. Charlie Rowley, 45, who was also exposed to the nerve agent in Amesbury, remains critically ill in hospital.
[...] Officers are still trying to work out how Ms Sturgess and Mr Rowley were exposed to the nerve agent although tests have confirmed they touched a contaminated item with their hands.
[...] Mrs May sent her "thoughts and condolences" and said officials are "working urgently to establish the facts". She said: "The government is committed to providing full support to the local community as it deals with this tragedy." British diplomat Julian King, the European Commissioner responsible for the EU's security union, said: "Those behind this are murderers."
[...] The working hypothesis is that the pair became contaminated after touching a poison container left over from the March attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal. The death of Dawn Sturgess, a British citizen on British soil, now changes the investigation to a murder inquiry, with all the diplomatic and security ramifications that carries. Britain has been blaming Moscow for the original attack in March, saying there is no plausible alternative to the Kremlin having ordered the assassination attempt. Russia has denied any involvement, suggesting instead this was the action of a weak British government looking to undermine the success of the current World Cup being hosted by Russia.
Here's something from the other side.
Previously: Former Russian Spy Exposed to "Unknown Substance" in Salisbury, England
Use of Nerve Agent Confirmed in Skripal Assassination Attempt
UK Gives Russia Until Midnight to Explain Use of Novichok Nerve Agent
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Monday July 09 2018, @08:34PM (1 child)
So many folks tell me the world revolves around me. They're right! And there's not much that can come between me and President Putin. But I have other trips coming up. I'm going to Brussels for another of those NATO meetings. VERY BORING. And I'm coming to London. Very short visit but I'll see the Queen. Theresa May, if I have time. And I was hoping to meet Boris Johnson, he's a huge fan. And I love what he did with the Brexit. But unfortunately he just resigned...........possibly we'll work something out. I wonder if he'd like a job in the White House!!
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 10 2018, @03:45PM
Job at the Whitehouse might not fly with the "folks" back home.
https://www.angloinfo.com/blogs/global/us-tax/new-record-over-5400-renounce-us-including-boris-johnson/ [angloinfo.com]