Inquiry told of hunt for ‘ground zero’ in novichok poisoning of Sergei Skripal

Counter-terrorism police chief says 250 officers were sent to Salisbury to investigate poisoning of former Russian spyA counter-terrorism police chief has described how hundreds of investigators and scientists painstakingly worked to trace “ground zero” – the spot where the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were poisoned with a nerve agent.Commander Dominic Murphy, the head of the Met police’s counter-terrorism command, told an inquiry into the novichok poisonings that a restaurant, pub and a car were suspected before the door handle of Skripal’s home was pinpointed as the source of the poisoning almost two weeks after the Skripals fell ill. Continue reading...

Inquiry told of hunt for ‘ground zero’ in novichok poisoning of Sergei Skripal

Counter-terrorism police chief says 250 officers were sent to Salisbury to investigate poisoning of former Russian spy

A counter-terrorism police chief has described how hundreds of investigators and scientists painstakingly worked to trace “ground zero” – the spot where the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were poisoned with a nerve agent.

Commander Dominic Murphy, the head of the Met police’s counter-terrorism command, told an inquiry into the novichok poisonings that a restaurant, pub and a car were suspected before the door handle of Skripal’s home was pinpointed as the source of the poisoning almost two weeks after the Skripals fell ill. Continue reading...