English Woman Exposed To Nerve Agent Dies

Emergency workers in Salisbury, England, last week investigated two recent cases of nerve agent exposure. British police say Dawn Sturgess was staying in Salisbury before she showed signs of sickness in nearby Amesbury on June 30. She died Sunday.

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British police say a woman in England has died after being exposed to Novichok, the nerve agent that also poisoned a former Russian spy and his daughter there in March.

According to police, Dawn Sturgess, 44, and a 45-year-old man became sick on June 30 in Amesbury, England.