Died a woman in Britain with Novichok | World

"Police opened an investigation into a homicide after the woman was exposed to the officer in Amesbury, Wilstshire, died Sunday, July 8, at night," Scotland Yard announced. "He was identified as Dawn Sturgess, 44, from Durrington," he added.

Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley, 45, were found unconscious at home in the city of Amesbury and hospitalized in critical condition. At first, doctors believed they had used illegal drugs.

On Wednesday (4), the British authorities reported that the couple had had contact with the nervous agent Novichok, the same used in the poisoning of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and of his daughter Yulia in March 2017. At the time, This generated a diplomatic crisis.

Novichok is the name of a series of nervous agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 70s and 80s. It is two materials that, if they are mixed, can lead to death or permanent damage to the nerves.