U.K. charges 2 Russians in nerve agent attack on ex-spy
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September 5, 2018, 11:14 AM
LONDON -- British police on Wednesday named two men as the prime suspects in the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter last March. The incident, which unfolded in the quiet city of Salisbury, England, left double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter seriously ill for weeks. Officials determined that the same substance, found in a perfume bottle in a park weeks later, sickened a man and his girlfriend, who later died .. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/london-novichok-poisoning-british-police-confirm-source-of-nerve-agent-2018-07-13/ .
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British Prime Minister Theresa May, speaking Wednesday in parliament after the police announced the charges, said it was "not a rogue operation," and that based on the evidence gathered, U.K. authorities believe the two suspects are operatives of the Russian military intelligence service known as the GRU.
"What we have learned today is the specific threat from GRU," May said.
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Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, who were formally accused of attempting to murder former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, are seen on CCTV at Salisbury Station, March 3, 2018 in an image handed out by the Metropolitan Police in London, Britain September 5, 2018. REUTERS
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The use of Novichok in the assassination attempt was a violation of international law banning the use of chemical weapons. Chemical and biological weapons specialist Hamish de Bretton-Gordon told CBS News it was a turning point.
"The hundred-year taboo on the use of chemical weapons has been completely broken," he said.
Gordon said it only took a couple of drops of Novichok to shut down parts of Salisbury for months.