What is 2018 Amesbury poisonings?
On 30 June 2018, two British nationals, Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess, were admitted to hospital in [[Amesbury]], England. Police determined that they were poisoned by a [[Novichok]] [[nerve agent]] similar to that used in the poisoning of [[Sergei Skripal]] and his daughter Yulia in [[Salisbury]], {{convert|8|mi|km}} away, almost four months earlier.<ref name=BBC1>{{cite web |title=Two collapse near spy poisoning site |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-44707052 |website=BBC News |access-date=4 July 2018 |date=4 July 2018}}</ref><ref name=BBC3>{{cite news |title=Amesbury pair poisoned by Novichok |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-44716597/amesbury-pair-poisoned-by-novichok |access-date=4 July 2018 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Amesbury substance: Paramedics wore hazmat suits |url=https://news.sky.com/story/amesbury-substance-paramedics-wore-hazmat-suits-11426351 |website=Sky News |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> Sturgess died on 8 July, and Rowley regained consciousness two days later. The origin of the poison was possibly a perfume bottle they had picked up in a park.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/24/novichok-victim-ill-within-15-minutes-says-partner-charlie-rowley | title=Novichok victim found substance disguised as perfume in sealed box | newspaper=The Guardian | date=24 July 2018 | last1=Morris | first1=Steven | last2=Rawlinson | first2=Kevin }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:2018 crimes in Europe]] [[Category:2010s crimes in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:June 2018 events]] [[Category:Wiltshire]] [[Category:2018 in the United Kingdom]]