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Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in 2006. I'm not sure why you are focused on "alerting the coroner." The dead body is also a easy way to alert the coroner th
by dfc 13y ago
Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in 2006. I'm not sure why you are focused on "alerting the coroner." The dead body is also a easy way to alert the coroner that somebody's life was taken. The same can be said for a slit throat, giant hole in skull, ligature marks, etc. I imagine that in most situations the goal is a covert assassination not a clandestine assassination.
- presidentender 13y agoLitvinenko's assassin used Polonium, which is an obvious and disfiguring poison. The article mentions using morphine to poison a drunkard in order that his death might be mistaken for the effects of habitual alcohol abuse. Aside from causing the death of the target, those two methods have almost entirely opposite goals.
- wavefunction 13y agoLitvinenko had supposedly gone to work for the UK. The fact that he "got got" in London was intended to be a big middle finger from the FSB to the UK, from what I've read.