[mavdi]

Yes, but exactly the same logic could be applied to Litvinenko. Death by plutonium is so obvious that one might think it was meant to be that way.

[elthran]

I can see the use of killing someone with a painful, elongated death by polonium poisoning, it's obvious, and makes a statement. I don't feel the same can be said for making the body of someone appear in a locked bag though - people's reactions are closer to "WTF?" rather than shock.