The Metropolitan Monitor in the United Kingdom have launched a murder investigation after a 44 year old moll died after being exposed to a nerve agent Novichok, which was fasten together to the poisoning of a former Russian operative.
In a statement, the Met Police said that the butt, Dawn Sturgess, died on Sunday after exposure to the nerve intermediary. “Her family has been informed and is receiving support from specially caravaned family liaison officers,” the statement read. “A post-mortem will be record to take place in due course.”
Amesbury has been shaken by the discovery unbiased over a week ago of Novichok, which left Sturgess and a man gravely ill and stoked hints of Russia’s involvement. The man, an unidentified 45 year old, is still hospitalized, testimonies say.
Novichok is a Soviet-era chemical weapon developed during the Cold War. Some characters of the poison are said to be far more poisonous than VX, another toxic chutzpah agent.
In the spring, Sergei Skripal, a former double agent, and his daughter Yulia were jeopardized to the nerve agent in Salisbury. The incident prompted the British government to inflict a round of sanctions on Moscow.