英特使：刺殺前俄間諜行動絕非“普通犯罪”

Britain's deputy U.N. ambassador said Wednesday that a thorough investigation points to Russia being behind the attempted assassination of a former Russian spy in an English town.

"On the 4th of March, a weapon so horrific that it is banned from use in war was used in a peaceful city in my country," British deputy Ambassador Jonathan Allen told Security Council members of the attack using a chemical weapon.

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were found unconscious on a park bench in the town of Salisbury and rushed to the hospital, where they remain in serious condition. Several other individuals, including a police officer, were sickened.

British officials said the chemical nerve agent known as Novichok was used in the attack. It was developed by the Soviet Union and inherited by Russia.

"This was no common crime," Allen said. "It was an unlawful use of force."

He noted Russia has a history of state-sponsored assassinations and cited the 2006 murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned and later died in London.

He said his government has asked the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to independently verify the nerve agent used.

Earlier Wednesday, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced several reprisals, including the expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats from Britain.

Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia dismissed the British accusations.

"Russia had nothing to do with this incident," he told council members.

He demanded that London provide samples of substances used in the attack for a joint investigation.

The Russian envoy said his government had ceased developing chemical weapons in 1992 and destroyed its stockpiles in September 2017.英國常駐聯合國副代表星期三說，一項徹底的調查顯示，一名前俄羅斯間諜在一座英國城鎮被刺殺未遂事件的背後是俄羅斯。

英國常駐聯合國副代表艾倫對安理會成員說：“今年3月4號，有人在英國一個靜謐的城鎮使用了在戰爭中都被禁用的化學武器發動刺殺行動。”

前俄羅斯間諜斯克裏帕爾（Sergei Skripal）和他的女兒尤麗婭在英國的索爾斯伯利被人發現失去知覺後，立即送往醫院，目前狀況依然嚴重。包括一名警察在內的若干人也感覺不適。

英國官員說，刺殺行動使用的是諾維喬克（Novichok）神經毒劑。前蘇聯開發的這種毒劑留給了俄羅斯。

艾倫副代表說：“這不是普通犯罪，而是非法使用武力。”

他說，英國政府已經要求禁止化學武器組織對這一神經毒劑的使用進行獨立調查。

英國首相特蕾莎.梅星期三早些時候宣佈驅逐23名俄羅斯外交官。

俄羅斯駐聯合國代表內本西亞（Vassily Nebenzia）大使反駁了英國的指稱。

他告訴安理會成員說：“俄羅斯與此事毫無關聯。”

他還要求英國提供毒劑的樣本，以便進行聯合調查。

內本西亞大使說，俄羅斯政府1992年停止開發化學武器，並於2017年9月銷燬了所有化學武器庫存。