KUALA LUMPUR, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – The body of the assassinated
half-brother of North Korea’s leader is to undergo an autopsy on Wednesday, police said as they searched for those responsible for the Cold War-style killing at a Malaysian airport.
Two women are believed to have used some kind of poison to kill Kim
Jong-Nam, with reports from Malaysia and South Korea saying he had been stabbed with poison-tipped needles or had chemicals sprayed in his face.
The assassination, which came as North Korea readied to celebrate the
birthday this week of the two men’s father, illustrates the “brutal and
inhuman” nature of the Pyongyang regime led by Kim Jong-Un, Seoul said.
Police in Malaysia were examining CCTV footage from Kuala Lumpur
International Airport to try to determine what happened during the attack on
Monday morning.
“He told the receptionist at the departure hall that someone had grabbed his face from behind and splashed some liquid on him,” Selangor state’s criminal investigation chief Fadzil Ahmat was reported as saying by Malaysia’s The Star newspaper.
“He asked for help and was immediately sent to the airport’s clinic. At this point, he was experiencing headache and was on the verge of passing out,” said Fadzil.
“At the clinic, the victim experienced a mild seizure. He was put into an ambulance and was being taken to the Putrajaya Hospital when he was pronounced dead,” he said.
South Korean reports had earlier suggested the two female assassins had used poison-tipped needles during the killing, before fleeing in a taxi.