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15:44, 19-Jul-2018
Novichok poisoning: UK police 'identify' Skripal suspects
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15:46, 22-Jul-2018
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On Thursday, British police believe they have identified the suspects who carried out the novichok attack on a former Russian double agent and his daughter in the southern English city of Salisbury.
Investigators believe the suspects are Russian, a source told the Press Association.
Ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapsed in Salisbury on March 4 after being exposed to the novichok nerve agent. Both have since recovered.
Investigators have identified the suspected perpetrators through CCTV and have cross-checked the footage with records of people who entered the country around that time.
Britain blamed Russia for the poisoning of Skripal, a former colonel in military intelligence who was jailed for betraying Russian agents to Britain's MI6 security service.
He left Russia for England in a 2010 spy swap.
Russia has strongly denied involvement in the Skripal attack, sparking a diplomatic row that has led to tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions between Britain and its allies and Russia.
(Cover: Airport CCTV footage shows former Russian spy Sergei Skripal's daughter Yulia Skripal, in red circle, in Moscow before she flew to London, March 3, 2018. /AP Photo)
Source(s): AFP
,Reuters