Reuters: May says ‘highly likely’ Russia behind nerve agent attack on spy

Members of the fire brigade in green biohazard suits work to re-attach the tent over the bench where a man and a woman were found in critical condition sparking a major incident on March 4 at The Maltings shopping centre in Salisbury, southern England, on March 8, after the tent became detached. British Prime Minister Theresa May on March 12 said a Russian military-grade nerve agent, Novichok, had been used in an attempt to kill the man and woman, former Russian double agent Sergey Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Speaking to parliament, May said the nerve agent could only have been used on the orders of the Kremlin, or if rogue elements in Russia had gotten hold of the chemical weapon. She gave the Kremlin 36 hours to provide an explanation.