(Straits Times) Malaysian authorities have completed an autopsy on Kim Jong Nan, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on Monday, and it is believed that the poison used to kill the 45-year-old has been identified.
In a story that could be cribbed straight from a spy novel, intelligence chiefs in South Korea say female agents dispatched by their secretive northern neighbour administered the lethal dose, with reports suggesting a toxin was sprayed in his face.
Among the possible poisons are ricin, a lethal chemical found in the seeds of castor oil plants or tetrodotoxin, which is the killer ingredient in puffer fish.
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