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Chemical Weapon Used to Kill Kim Jong Nam, Police Say

© REUTERS / Lim Se-young/News1People watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the older half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, February 14, 2017
People watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the older half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, February 14, 2017 - Sputnik International
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The Police said that that the substance used to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother Kim Jong Nam was a chemical weapon known as "VX Nerve Agent".

TV screens show pictures of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at the Yongsan Electronic store in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 - Sputnik International
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BEIJING (Sputnik) – Malaysian police have established that the substance used to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother Kim Jong Nam was a chemical weapon known as "VX nerve agent," Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Khalid Bin Abu Bakar said in a Friday statement.

"The Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) has received the preliminary report from the Chemistry Department of Malaysia, with regards to the death of a North Korean national recently. The Centre for Chemical Weapons Analysis of the Department has carried out preliminary analysis involving 1. Dry swab – eye mucosa, 2. Dry swab – face. The chemical substance on the exhibits has been identified as Ethyl N-2-Diisopropylaminoethyl Methylphosphonothioate or ‘VX Nerve Agent’," the statement says.

The "VX nerve agent" has been listed as a chemical weapon by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations.

Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il and older half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was killed as he was preparing to board a flight to Macau on February 13.

Earlier this week, ambassador of North Korea to Malaysia Kang Chol called for a joint Pyongyang-Kuala Lumpur investigation into the murder of Kim Jong Nam, however, on Wednesday, Malaysian police said Kuala Lumpur opposed a joint investigation and called on Pyongyang to transfer four suspects in Kim's killing.

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