North Korea has accused the U. S. and South Korea of an unsuccessful assassination attempt on leader Kim Jong Un involving bio-chemical weapons.
North Korea on Friday accused U. S. and South Korean spy agencies of an unsuccessful assassination attempt on leader Kim Jong Un involving biochemical weapons.
North Korea’s Ministry of State Security said in a statement carried on state media that it will «ferret out and mercilessly destroy» the «terrorists» in the CIA and the South Korean intelligence agency for targeting the North’s supreme leader.
North Korea frequently lambasts the United States and South Korea, but its accusation Friday was unusual in its details.
The ministry said the spy agencies «ideologically corrupted and bribed» a North Korean citizen, who had been working in Russia, to carry out the alleged assassination attempt.
It said South Korean agents gave money and satellite communication equipment to the North Korean to attack Kim during a public event using a biochemical weapon such as a delayed-action radioactive or «nano poisonous» substance.
The ministry said that after a series of contacts and payments, the agents told the North Korean last month that the type of biochemical substance had been decided and would be supplied by the CIA.
The statement, carried by North Korea’s official news agency and read on state TV, didn’t describe how the alleged plot was broken up or give the full name of the North Korean suspect, identifying him only by his surname, Kim.
