The woman who was poisoned with "novichok" in Britain dies

London – A woman poisoned by a military-grade neurotoxin in England died Sunday, eight days after police conjectured that she had touched a tainted object that had not yet arrived been found.

The London Metropolitan Police stated that the case turned into a murder investigation because of the death of Dawn Sturgess, 44, in a Salisbury Hospital . She and her partner, Charlie Rowley, 45, were hospitalized on June 30 after being found in poor health in the nearby town of Amesbury. Rowley continues in critical condition.

Laboratory tests showed that the couple were exposed to the Novichok, the same neutoroxine used to poison the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury in March, according to the police. The police suspect that Rowley and Sturgess manipulated an object related to the first attack that the British authorities attributed to Russia.

Moscow rejects any involvement in the case of the former spy.

Prime Minister Theresa May said "shocked and shocked" by the death of Sturgess.

"Police and security officials are working urgently to establish the facts of this incident, which is now treated as a homicide case," said May.

Deputy Commissioner Neil Basu, Chief of the Anti-Terrorism Police, said that the death of the woman "only strengthened our determination" to find those responsible.

More than 100 agents work to locate a small vial or other container believed to contain the substance that affected the couple. Officials say that the search and cleanup operation could last weeks or even months.

The Anti-Terrorism Police also examines 1300 hours of footage of a security camera in the hope of finding clues to the couple's activities a few hours before they become seriously ill .