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UK announce public inquiry into woman’s Novichok poisoning

By Reuters
19 November 2021   |   7:27 am
Dawn Sturgess was exposed to Novichok found in a counterfeit perfume bottle in 2018. The incident occured shortly after the attempted murder of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal.

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