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Assassination
On September 7, 1978, Markov was waiting near Waterloo Bridge in

London to catch a bus. While waiting for the bus, all of a sudden he felt a
harsh pain in his right leg, like an insect bite or sting. When he turned

around, he saw a man picking up his umbrella from the ground, hurriedly
crossing the road, and taking a cab. Later, when he arrived at his workplace,

he noticed a small red pimple in the place where he got stung earlier, and the
pain hadn’t lessened or stopped. He told the morning incident to one of his

friends, Theo Lirkov, who works at BBC World Services with him.
Later on in the evening, Markov developed a high fever and was taken and

admitted to the hospital, where he died four days later, on September 11,
1978 (49 years old).

Later investigation and aftermath
Bernard Riley, the assisting physician for Markov, suggested many causes of

his death, including a venomous snake bite. Due to circumstances and
suggestions given by Markov, the doctors had a suspicion that he had been

poisoned; hence, the metropolitan police ordered an autopsy on Markov’s
body, which resulted in finding out that acute poisoning was the reason for

his death.

Image 3: The diameter of the pellet is shown.

Image 4: Detailed information about the findings.

VERITAS VOLUME: 3, ISSUE: 2 WRITER: SREEVIDYA REJITH