LONDON -- About 180 British military personnel are being sent to the scene of a nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy in southern England. Russia's foreign minister expressed resentment at suggestions Moscow was behind the attack, for which the Kremlin has repeatedly denied any culpability. Skripal, a former Russian military intelligence officer, was convicted in 2006 of spying for Britain and released in 2010 as part of a spy swap. A former head of London's Metropolitan Police called Friday for new investigations into the deaths of 14 Russians in the U.K. amid suggestions they were targeted by the Russian state. One anchorman on a Russian state television news show began a report on Skripal's poisoning with a warning to anyone considering becoming a double agent.

Source: Ethiopian News March 09, 2018 13:07 UTC