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| North Korea murdered Kim Jong-nam, says South Korea | |
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| South Korea has said it believes the North Korean regime is involved in the murder of Kim Jong-nam. | |
| North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother was killed at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur airport last week. | |
| "We believe the North Korean regime is behind this incident considering five suspects are North Koreans," said Seoul's unification ministry spokesman. | |
| Malaysian police have already detained one North Korean and they say they are looking for four more. | |
| Deputy national police chief Noor Rashid Ismail identified the latest North Korean suspects in a press conference on Sunday. | |
| He said the men left Malaysia last Monday, the day Mr Kim was killed. | |
| "The four suspects are holding normal passports, not diplomatic passports," he said. | "The four suspects are holding normal passports, not diplomatic passports," he said. |
| Police believe poison was sprayed into Mr Kim's face he waited to board a flight to Macau. | |
| Four other people have already been detained in connection with his death. | |
| The four are: the North Korean, an Indonesian woman, a Malaysian man, and a woman with a Vietnamese passport. | |
| The Indonesian national, named as Siti Aisyah, is said to have told Malaysian police she had been paid to perform what she thought was a prank. | The Indonesian national, named as Siti Aisyah, is said to have told Malaysian police she had been paid to perform what she thought was a prank. |
| Kim is believed to have been attacked in the airport departure hall on Monday by two women, using some form of chemical. | Kim is believed to have been attacked in the airport departure hall on Monday by two women, using some form of chemical. |
| A grainy image taken from security camera footage, which has been broadcast in South Korea and Malaysia, shows a woman wearing a white T-shirt with the letters "LOL" written on the front. | A grainy image taken from security camera footage, which has been broadcast in South Korea and Malaysia, shows a woman wearing a white T-shirt with the letters "LOL" written on the front. |
| Despite widespread speculation that North Korea was behind the killing, there has been no proof. Pyongyang has made no public comments on the issue. | Despite widespread speculation that North Korea was behind the killing, there has been no proof. Pyongyang has made no public comments on the issue. |
| Kim was largely estranged from his family, after being passed over for the North Korean leadership in favour of his youngest half-brother. He spent most of his time overseas in Macau, mainland China and Singapore. | Kim was largely estranged from his family, after being passed over for the North Korean leadership in favour of his youngest half-brother. He spent most of his time overseas in Macau, mainland China and Singapore. |
| He had spoken out in the past against his family's dynastic control of North Korea and in a 2012 book was quoted as saying he believed his younger half-brother lacked leadership qualities. | He had spoken out in the past against his family's dynastic control of North Korea and in a 2012 book was quoted as saying he believed his younger half-brother lacked leadership qualities. |
| But he had said he was not interested in assuming the leadership himself. | But he had said he was not interested in assuming the leadership himself. |