2018 Amesbury poisoning

E642017

The 2018 Amesbury poisoning was a major public health and security incident in Wiltshire, England, in which two people were exposed to a discarded container of the same military-grade nerve agent used in the earlier Salisbury attack, leading to one death and heightened international tensions with Russia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf poisoning incident ⓘ
public health incident ⓘ
security incident ⓘ
classifiedAs chemical weapons incident ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
deathCause exposure to Novichok ⓘ
followedBy renewed diplomatic measures against Russia ⓘ
governmentResponse UK government condemnation of Russian state ⓘ
handledBy NHS England ⓘ
Public Health England ⓘ
Wiltshire Police ⓘ
hasCause discarded container of nerve agent ⓘ
exposure to Novichok nerve agent ⓘ
hasEffect counter-terrorism investigation ⓘ
heightened international tensions with Russia ⓘ
major public health response ⓘ
investigatedBy Counter Terrorism Policing ⓘ
Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ
isRelatedTo 2018 Salisbury nerve agent attack ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
legalProcess inquest into death of Dawn Sturgess ⓘ
linkedTo Russia–United Kingdom relations ⓘ
use of chemical weapons in Europe ⓘ
location Amesbury ⓘ
England ⓘ
Wiltshire ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive international media attention ⓘ
nerveAgentSameAs nerve agent used in Salisbury attack ⓘ
notableFor civilian death from military-grade nerve agent on UK soil ⓘ
numberOfDeaths 1 ⓘ
numberOfVictims 2 ⓘ
objectInvolved discarded container found by victim ⓘ
small perfume bottle ⓘ
partOf Salisbury Novichok incidents ⓘ
perpetratorAlleged agents of the Russian state ⓘ
pointInTime 2018 ⓘ
publicHealthMeasure advice to local residents on avoiding contaminated objects ⓘ
decontamination operations in Amesbury area ⓘ
riskToPublic initially assessed as low ⓘ
securityImpact review of chemical weapons preparedness in UK ⓘ
significantEvent death of Dawn Sturgess ⓘ
startTime 2018-06-30 ⓘ
timeAfterRelatedEvent several months after Salisbury attack ⓘ
usedChemicalAgent Novichok ⓘ
military-grade nerve agent ⓘ
victim Charlie Rowley ⓘ
Dawn Sturgess ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Novichok nerve agent → usedInIncident → 2018 Amesbury poisoning ⓘ
Dawn Sturgess → hasSignificantEvent → Amesbury Novichok poisoning ⓘ
linked to: 2018 Amesbury poisoning
Dawn Sturgess → victimOf → Amesbury poisoning ⓘ
linked to: 2018 Amesbury poisoning