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On this day, February 13, 2017, Kim Jong-un's brother, Kim Jong-nam, was assassinated with the nerve agent VX.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_13• 2017 – Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, is assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Assassination of Kim Jong-nam
Coordinates: 2°44'35"N 101°41'10"E
KLIA2 main lobby; pictured in September 2016, the site of Kim Jong-nam's assassination
Location: Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2, Malaysia
Coordinates: 2°44'35"N 101°41'10"E
Date: 13 February 2017
Target: Kim Jong-nam
Weapons: VX nerve agent
Convictions: One convicted of "voluntarily causing injuries by dangerous weapons or means"
On 13 February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of the dictator of North Korea Kim Jong Un, was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. He had been living abroad since his exile from North Korea in 2003.
Following his visit to the resort island Langkawi, Kim Jong-nam arrived at terminal 2 sometime before 9:00 a.m. to take a 10:50 a.m. AirAsia flight to Macau. At approximately 9:00 a.m., two women assassinated Kim Jong-nam with the VX nerve agent. He died about 15 to 20 minutes later while being transported to the hospital.
The women were identified as Siti Aisyah from Indonesia and Đoàn Thị Hương from Vietnam. Both were charged with the murder of Kim Jong-nam. Both women alleged that they had been misled into believing they were participating in a YouTube prank video. The evidence supports this idea, as the women handled the nerve agent in a manner that suggested they did not know it was lethal. Documentation done by one of the women proves the claims. The murder charges were eventually dropped, although Hương pled guilty to a lesser charge of "voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means" and received a sentence of three years and four months. She was released from prison on 3 May 2019.
It is widely believed that Kim Jong-nam was murdered on the orders of Kim Jong Un. Four North Korean suspects, later confirmed as spies, left the airport shortly after the assassination and reached Pyongyang without being arrested. Other North Koreans were arrested but were released without charge.
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Coordinates: 2°44'35"N 101°41'10"E
KLIA2 main lobby; pictured in September 2016, the site of Kim Jong-nam's assassination
Location: Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2, Malaysia
Coordinates: 2°44'35"N 101°41'10"E
Date: 13 February 2017
Target: Kim Jong-nam
Weapons: VX nerve agent
Convictions: One convicted of "voluntarily causing injuries by dangerous weapons or means"
On 13 February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of the dictator of North Korea Kim Jong Un, was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. He had been living abroad since his exile from North Korea in 2003.
Following his visit to the resort island Langkawi, Kim Jong-nam arrived at terminal 2 sometime before 9:00 a.m. to take a 10:50 a.m. AirAsia flight to Macau. At approximately 9:00 a.m., two women assassinated Kim Jong-nam with the VX nerve agent. He died about 15 to 20 minutes later while being transported to the hospital.
The women were identified as Siti Aisyah from Indonesia and Đoàn Thị Hương from Vietnam. Both were charged with the murder of Kim Jong-nam. Both women alleged that they had been misled into believing they were participating in a YouTube prank video. The evidence supports this idea, as the women handled the nerve agent in a manner that suggested they did not know it was lethal. Documentation done by one of the women proves the claims. The murder charges were eventually dropped, although Hương pled guilty to a lesser charge of "voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means" and received a sentence of three years and four months. She was released from prison on 3 May 2019.
It is widely believed that Kim Jong-nam was murdered on the orders of Kim Jong Un. Four North Korean suspects, later confirmed as spies, left the airport shortly after the assassination and reached Pyongyang without being arrested. Other North Koreans were arrested but were released without charge.
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Mon Feb 13, 2023: On this day, February 13, 2017, Kim Jong-un's brother, Kim Jong-nam, fell out of a window.