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An Assassination by Weapon of Mass Destruction

The murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, involved the use of VX nerve agent, one of the deadliest chemical substances on earth.
Source: Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters

If the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the exiled half brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, sounded like something out of a movie, it’s because it was. Kim died shortly by two women assailants in the Kuala, a deadly substance perhaps best known .

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