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    U.K. Lab Says It Doesn't Know Nerve Agent's 'Precise Source,' Drawing Russian Retort

    The lab's chief added that it only sought to test the chemical used on Sergei Skripal and his daughter, not decide its source. Still, Russia called the remark proof the U.K. is fabricating its claims.
    by Colin Dwyer Apr 03, 2018 3 minutes
    The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in Porton Down, U.K., seen last month. Researchers at the lab were tasked with testing the nerve agent used to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in early March.

    Scientists at a U.K. government laboratory have not verified the source of the substance used to poison Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, according to the lab's chief executive.

    "We were able to identify it as novichok, to identify that it was a military-grade nerve agent. We have not verified the precise source," Gary Aitkenhead of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory on Tuesday. "But we provided the scientific information to

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