Quote:Novichok: Murder inquiry after Dawn Sturgess dies.SOURCE:
'Police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman exposed to nerve agent Novichok in Wiltshire died.
Dawn Sturgess, 44, died in hospital on Sunday evening after falling ill on 30 June.
Dawn Sturgess.
Charlie Rowley, 45, who was also exposed to the nerve agent in Amesbury, remains critically ill in hospital.
Theresa May said she was "appalled and shocked" by the death, which comes after the poisoning of Sergei
Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury.
A post-mortem examination of Ms Sturgess, from Durrington, is due to take place and her family has been
informed, police said. The investigation is being led by detectives from the Counter-Terrorism Policing Network
and about 100 detectives are working on the case alongside Wiltshire Police.
Officers are still trying to work out how Ms Sturgess and Mr Rowley were exposed to the nerve agent although
tests have confirmed they touched a contaminated item with their hands. Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu,
the head of UK Counter-Terrorism policing, said: "This is shocking and tragic news...'
The rest of the article is condolences from noted officials displaying their sympathies. But in regards of factual
information, there's none.
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