Nerve agent was used to kill North Korean leader’s half brother, police say

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I guess when your half-brother is a dictator, you do not want to get on his bad side!!
The North Korean leader’s half brother was killed by VX, a lethal nerve agent that can be absorbed through the skin, Malaysian police said Friday, giving their first assessment of the cause of Kim Jong Nam’s death.
The man-made nerve agent is classified as a chemical weapon and is thought to be one of those stockpiled by Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria until it agreed to get rid of its chemical weapons in 2014.