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#TodayinSpyHistory - On September 7, 1978, dissident Georgi Markov was attacked by the KGB with the Bulgarian umbrella.
The KGB used an umbrella like this—modified to fire a tiny pellet filled with poison—to assassinate Markov on the streets of London.
See the Bulgarian Umbrella on display in this Museum's "Covert Action" gallery.
https://bit.ly/3tEb5tP@IntlSpyMuseum
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