Ricin immunogenic in mice, rabbits, and humans. It has completed two successful clinical trials. Ricin has been involved in a number of incidents. In 1978, the Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated by Bulgarian secret police who surreptitiously shot him on a London street with a modified umbrella using compressed gas to fire a tiny pellet contaminated with ricin into his leg. He died in a hospital a few days later and his body was passed to a special poison branch of the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) that discovered the pellet during an autopsy. The prime suspects were the Bulgarian
Mount Street, London Mount Street, London Mount Street, is a street in the Mayfair district of the City of Westminster, London. Mount Street runs from Park Lane in the west to Davies Street in the east. Mount Street is crossed by Park Street in the east and South Audley Street midway. On the south side it is joined by Rex Place and Balfour Place. In the east Mount street is joined by Carlos Place, Mount Street Mews, Carpenter Street and Berkeley Square. To the south of the street is Mount Street Gardens. Mount Street was one of the original shopping streets of Mayfair.