London Wants Extradition of Russian Suspects in Skripal Case
London Wants Extradition of Russian Suspects in Skripal Case. The British government is going to ask Russia to deliver two men to Britain. They are speculated of engaging an attack with the deadly nerve gas Novichok.
According to the newspaper The Guardian, which raises sources from the government and secret service, the text of the extradition request has been drawn up and is ready to be sent to Russia.
The two are suspected of committing the attack with the nerve gas on Russian former double-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
Novichoke is a chemical weapon that was once developed in the Soviet Union. Both survived the attack but were ill for months.
Reports last month that the British police had identified the Russian suspects behind the attack, the British Secretary ...