A British couple poisoned by nerve agent are probably collateral damage from an earlier assassination attempt

• A British couple is critically ill after being exposed to Novichok nerve agent.
• The nerve agent was also used in the attempted assassination of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in March.
• Investigators believe the victims came into contact with discarded items from the Skripal attack.
• As such, they appear to be collateral damage rather than fresh targets.

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The nerve agent that poisoned a British couple in provincial England are likely collateral damage from an early attempted assination on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, experts have said.

The couple, identified by British media as 44-year-old Dawn Sturgess and 45-year-old Charles Rowley, were poisoned with Novichok, police said on Wednesday night.

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