The German Intelligence Agency (BND) and military obtained a sample of the deadly chemical nerve agent Novichok from Russia in the early 1990s, according to an investigative report by German media.
Deutsche Welle: Skripal poisoning – Germany got Novichok chemical sample from Russia in 1990s
Members of the emergency services in protective coveralls and breathing equiptment work in the ambulance parj at the Salisbury District Hospital in Salisbury, southern England, on March 10, 2018, in connection with the major incident sparked after a man and a woman were apparently poisoned in a nerve agent attack.
British soldiers were deployed on March 9 to help a counter-terrorism investigation into a nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, as speculation mounted over how London could retaliate if the Russian state is found to be responsible.
