Murder inquiry after woman exposed to nerve agent dies
ENGLAND – Police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman exposed to nerve agent Novichok in Wiltshire died.
Dawn Sturgess, 44, died in hospital on Sunday evening after falling ill on June 30.
Charlie Rowley, 45, who was also exposed to the nerve agent in Amesbury, remains critically ill in hospital.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said she was “appalled and shocked” by the death, which comes after the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury.
A post-mortem examination of Sturgess, from Durrington, is due to take place and her family has been informed, police said. (