North Korean Leader's Half-Brother Kim Jong-nam Killed In Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - FEBRUARY 15: Police officers and security guard the entrance of the forensic department of Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, where the body Jong-nam is believed to be, on February 15, 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's older half-brother Kim Jong Nam was killed in Malaysia on Monday, said the Malaysian police. Based on South Korea's news channels, the estranged half brother of Kim Jong-un was assassinated at the international airport in Kuala Lumpur by two women believed to be North Korean operatives, who stabbed him with poisoned needles. Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of the former North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, was once considered the heir to power in North Korea but fell out of favor in 2001 after he was seized by Japanese authorities at Narita Airport for trying to enter the country on a forged Dominican Republic passport. (Photo by Rahman Roslan/Getty Images)
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - FEBRUARY 15: Police officers and security guard the entrance of the forensic department of Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, where the body Jong-nam is believed to be, on February 15, 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's older half-brother Kim Jong Nam was killed in Malaysia on Monday, said the Malaysian police. Based on South Korea's news channels, the estranged half brother of Kim Jong-un was assassinated at the international airport in Kuala Lumpur by two women believed to be North Korean operatives, who stabbed him with poisoned needles. Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of the former North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, was once considered the heir to power in North Korea but fell out of favor in 2001 after he was seized by Japanese authorities at Narita Airport for trying to enter the country on a forged Dominican Republic passport. (Photo by Rahman Roslan/Getty Images)
North Korean Leader's Half-Brother Kim Jong-nam Killed In Malaysia
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