Death due to nerve agent

London: A woman has died after being exposed to the Novichok nerve agent in western England just a few kilometres from where Russian exspy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were struck down by the same agent four months ago.

Police yesterday said they were investigating how Dawn Sturgess (44) and a man, named by media as Charlie Rowley (45), came across an item contaminated with what they said was Novichok nerve poison. — Reuters