Former spy Sergei Skripal was poisoned by Russian nerve agent smeared on his car door, report says

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• UK officials reportedly believe Sergei Skripal was poisoned via his car door.
• They told The Daily Mail that the deadly Novichok nerve agent was smeared Skripal’s car door.
• It could explain why both Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned.

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British officials believe former spy Sergei Skripal was poisoned when he touched the handle of his car door, according to a newspaper report.

Novichok, a Russian-made nerve agent used in the attempted assassination, could have been applied to his vehicle, leading to the hospitalisation on Skripal and his daughter on March 4.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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