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A magistrate’s court in Malaysia charged two women on Wednesday with murder over their role in the killing of North Korean leader’s half-brother Kim Jong Nam, local media reported.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Duon Thi Huong, a 29-year-old Vietnamese national, and Siti Aisyah, a 25-year-old Indonesian national, were charged separately, The Star newspaper reported.
Kim Jong Nam was killed on February 13 at the Kuala Lumpur airport when he was about to board a flight to Macau. The women sprayed a highly toxic nerve agent, VX, in his face. They claimed they had been paid to play a prank on him.
This story first appeared on Sputnik & is reposted here with permission.