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Chemical Weapons Watchdog Backs British Findings On Nerve Agent Attack

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons also noted the poison used against the Skripals "was of high purity." The U.K. has concluded a state actor — namely, Russia — carried it out.

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says it has confirmed the U.K.'s findings on the identity of the poison used against a former Russian spy and his daughter last month. The international watchdog's report Thursday also noted that the toxic chemical — — had an "almost complete absence of impurities."

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