Two women charged with killing North Korean leader’s half brother claim they thought it was all a harmless prank
TOKYO — Because of a grainy security camera photo that went viral online, she is now known to many as the LOL assassin.
But as Doan Thi Huong arrived at a courthouse in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to be formally charged with the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half brother two weeks ago, she had a very different look – tear-filled eyes and a bulletproof vest.
For most people, those first images Huong were as shocking as they were bizarre – apparently showing her lunging at Kim Jong Nam in a crowded airport terminal while wearing a T-shirt emblazoned in big black letters, LOL, an acronym for laughing out loud.
Huong, who is Vietnamese, and an Indonesian woman were formally charged with murder Thursday.
