Poisonous trail radiates worldwide

A HIGHLY sophisticated poison was how Klaus Leutzenkirchen, the head of the nuclear chemistry department in the EU’s Institute for Trans-uranium elements, described polonium-210.

British police believe an infinitesimal amount of this radioactive substance was used to kill Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian spy who defected and had recently become a British citizen.

Scotland Yard is working overtime trying to trace the trail of the poison, as it is their best chance of finding the killer. So far it has led them to Moscow, Italy and the US.