Novichok used on Navalny 'harder' than previous forms: News report

Berlin, September 11 The Novichok nerve agent used to poison Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital, was ‘harder’ than previous forms, Der Spiegel magazine said the head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service told...

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Updated At : 02:57 AM Sep 12, 2020 IST

Berlin, September 11

The Novichok nerve agent used to poison Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital, was ‘harder’ than previous forms, Der Spiegel magazine said the head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service told a secret meeting.

Spiegel, without naming a source, added that a delegation from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was said to have visited at the weekend the hospital in Berlin where Navalny is being treated. Reuters