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World Service,28 Feb 2012,10 mins

The assassination of Georgi Markov

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The Bulgarian dissident was attacked by a man with a poisoned umbrella on his way to work at the BBC World Service in Bush House. He died several days later in a London hospital. We hear from a colleague and friend, and one of the doctors who tried to save him. Photo: Georgi Markov

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