A week since news broke that the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been assassinated, a clearer picture is emerging of the Cold War-style killing in Kuala Lumpur’s international airport. Here is what we know — and what we still…
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) – A week since news broke that the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been assassinated, a clearer picture is emerging of the Cold War-style killing in Kuala Lumpur’s international airport.
But rumours still abound about the bizarre attack, and Malaysian police are keeping their cards close to their chest when it comes to their ongoing investigation.
Here is what we know — and what we still don’t know — about the death of Kim Jong-Nam.
What happened?
Last Monday morning Kim Jong-Nam was at the budget terminal of Kuala Lumpur’s main airport preparing to fly to Macau.
He was approached by two women, one of whom grabbed him from behind and sprayed his face with an apparently poisonous liquid, according to police and leaked CCTV footage.
Jong-Nam then approached airport staff, gesturing to his face in a bid to explain what happened, footage showed.
The staff later led him to the airport clinic, where a picture released in Malaysian media shows him slumped in a chair.
Jong-Nam suffered a seizure and was rushed to hospital but died before he arrived.
The first suspects
In the days following the attack, police announced they had arrested a 28-year-old Vietnamese woman called Doan Thi Huong, as well as 25-year-old Indonesian Siti Aishah and her Malaysian boyfriend.
Huong — who is shown in CCTV from the airport wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the word « LOL » — worked at an « entertainment outlet » and Aishah was a masseuse at a spa, police said.
