![Prof. Frank McDonough on Twitter: "7 September 1978. Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov (aged 49), was hit in the leg walking on Waterloo Bridge, London by a pellet containing the poison ricin. It Prof. Frank McDonough on Twitter: "7 September 1978. Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov (aged 49), was hit in the leg walking on Waterloo Bridge, London by a pellet containing the poison ricin. It](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhS4pw3XsAABm92.jpg)
Prof. Frank McDonough on Twitter: "7 September 1978. Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov (aged 49), was hit in the leg walking on Waterloo Bridge, London by a pellet containing the poison ricin. It
![German man stabbed with poison umbrella dies a year after attack which has chilling echoes of infamous Markov assassination | Daily Mail Online German man stabbed with poison umbrella dies a year after attack which has chilling echoes of infamous Markov assassination | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/12/article-2143522-02B86FFF0000044D-858_1024x615_large.jpg)
German man stabbed with poison umbrella dies a year after attack which has chilling echoes of infamous Markov assassination | Daily Mail Online
![German man stabbed with poison umbrella dies a year after attack which has chilling echoes of infamous Markov assassination | Daily Mail Online German man stabbed with poison umbrella dies a year after attack which has chilling echoes of infamous Markov assassination | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/12/article-2143522-130F5556000005DC-894_634x225.jpg)
German man stabbed with poison umbrella dies a year after attack which has chilling echoes of infamous Markov assassination | Daily Mail Online
![A replica of the ricin-filled umbrella used to murder Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov in London in 1978 : r/Spycraft101 A replica of the ricin-filled umbrella used to murder Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov in London in 1978 : r/Spycraft101](https://preview.redd.it/tz8nc8593kr51.jpg?auto=webp&s=95924b4ac3297a0882d0bf5f0bd234ca3e2973a9)