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Malaysia: Banned Nerve Agent VX Used in Assassination of Kim Jong-nam

HeadlineFeb 24, 2017

In Malaysia, police say a pair of women used the banned chemical nerve agent VX to assassinate Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader. Kim died of a seizure on his way to a hospital on February 13, after the women doused his face with the chemical as he was waiting to board a flight at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The United Nations has banned VX as a weapon of mass destruction. Although North Korea has denied involvement in Kim’s assassination, the country is not a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention and is believed to have stockpiles of VX and other nerve agents.

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