Photo: ReutersBritish police have identified more than 200 witnesses and are looking at more than 240 pieces of evidence in their investigation into a nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter, interior minister Amber Rudd says. Skripal betrayed dozens of Russian agents to British intelligence before his arrest in Moscow in 2004. The Kremlin has denied any involvement in the incident and accused the British media of whipping up anti-Russian hysteria. At the hospital where the Skripals were being treated another team used an army truck to remove a police car. Britain has named two Russian suspects but Russia has refused to extradite them.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 10, 2018 22:30 UTC