On the anniversary of a nerve agent attack in an English city, the son of a woman who died from the poison issued a plea for Vladimir V. Putin to allow the questioning of agents presumed responsible.
Tag: Poisoning and Poisons
House in Skripal Nerve Agent Attack Declared Safe, Ending 13,000-Hour Cleanup
The home where Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned was the last of 13 sites said to be clean after an attack for which Britain has blamed Russia.
Russian Flag Flies on Cathedral in English Town Where Ex-Spy Was Poisoned
The stunt came two weeks before the anniversary of a nerve-agent attack on a former Russian spy in Salisbury, England.
Bulgaria Reopens Poisoning Case, Citing Possible Link to Russia and Skripal Attack
Bulgaria’s chief prosecutor said that a suspected Russian intelligence officer, with a reported link to the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, had visited Bulgaria before another high-profile poisoning.
Toxic Homemade Alcohol Kills Scores in India
Many people blamed police officers for taking bribes from bootleggers to look the other way while dangerous illegal brews were sold openly along roads.
6 Men Convicted in 1982 Murder of Chilean Leader
A judge found that a former security agent, four doctors and an aide conspired to poison Eduardo Frei, the leader of the moderate opposition against the dictator Augusto Pinochet.
E.U. Sanctions 4 Russians Over Skripal Poisoning
The two men named as suspects in the attempted killing of a former spy in Britain were among those placed on a sanctions list.
Sri Lanka Dispatch: A Hotline for the Broken-Hearted and the Poison-in-Hand
Everyday Sri Lankans — a retired banker, a former nurse, a marriage counselor — volunteer at a phone counseling line to ease burdens in a war-traumatized country.
‘We Lost Everything,’ Says U.K. Police Officer Poisoned in Novichok Attack
Detective Sgt. Nick Bailey said his family had to give up all its possessions for fear of contamination, after he was sickened in the assault on Sergei V. Skripal.