The English town of Salisbury, where Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal was poisoned, has finally been decontaminated
- Authorities says number of sites are now safe, almost a year after the incident involving toxic nerve agent, Novichok
The English town of Salisbury is officially decontaminated, the government said on Friday, almost a year after it was the scene of a nerve agent attack on Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal.
The former double agent’s house and 11 other suspect sites have been ruled safe after an 11-month clean up by military teams in the sleepy town in Wiltshire, southwest England.
Skripal and his adult daughter were discovered unconscious on a Salisbury park bench on March 4 after they were poisoned by what investigators said was a highly toxic nerve agent, Novichok.
The British government says the attempted assassination was “almost certainly” approved by the Russian state.
“The completion of clean-up work … marks a significant milestone in South Wiltshire’s return to normality following the sickening Novichok nerve agent attack last year,” said the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.