Russian spy: Nerve agent 'used to try to kill' Sergei Skripal

[Cadfael]

Source: BBC News

A nerve agent was used to try to murder a former Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury, police have said.

A police officer who was the first to attend the scene is also now in a serious condition in hospital, Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, head of Counter Terrorism Policing, said.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43323847

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This is all there is so far....more to come, one would hope

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. So why do Putin and his owned American politicians want these people dead?

Message time?

[Locrian]

2. message to the trump gang? Nobody is safe? - n/t

[Nitram]

4. LOL, Locrian, don't assume everything is about Trump!

More likely a warning against Russian double agents.

[DemoTex]

5. LOL, Nitram. Sound advice about assumptions, however ..

Poor old Sam Nunberg will probably go off on another binge with this news. How long before Sam starts his Drunk Dialing, à la Martha Mitchell?

[Farmer-Rick]

3. Putin certainly is patient about murdering his enemies

[bluestarone]

6. Hoping here that they are alive long enough to make a

Dying declaration? (Actually hope they survive) That would even be better!!

[hedda_foil]

7. So it wasn't a super-fentanyl opiod as reported yesterday?

The nerve agent theory sounds a lot more likely, especially with the first responder on the scene was likely affected as well as Skripal and his daughter.