Nine years ago today, Kuala Lumpur airport was experiencing a typically busy day, with commuters and holidaymakers passing through the Malaysian capital.
Blending in amongst fellow travellers was a middle-agedNorth Koreanman dressed casually in a blue polo shirt and jeans, making his way around the budget airlines terminal whilst awaiting his flight back to Macau.
Kim Chol was the alias used by Kim Jong-nam - the estranged half-brother ofKim Jong-un, and the individual originally tipped to succeed his father as North Koreansupreme leader.
At approximately 9am, Kim stood near a self check-in kiosk when a woman suddenly approached and smeared an oily substance across his face before fleeing.
A second woman then appeared, placing her hands over his eyes and dragging them down across his mouth, before offering an apology and vanishing into the crowd, reportsthe Mirror US.
Kim, already experiencing dizziness and discomfort, located an airport receptionist to report what had happened. He was quickly transported by stretcher to the airport's medical facility, where staff observed him sweating, unresponsive, and evidently in distress.
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Medical staff administered atropine, adrenaline and tracheal intubation, but he died rapidly, within half an hour of the assault.
Subsequently, an autopsy confirmed the victim had been exposed to VX nerve agent, amongst the most deadly chemical weapons in existence - a compound that triggers swift respiratory failure by inhibiting the acetylcholinesterase enzyme. In Kim's case, the substance had led to the failure of his lungs, brain, liver and spleen, as well as pupil constriction and involuntary defecation.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
