19 Feb 2017

Four more suspects in Kim Jong Nam murder

9:26 pm on 19 February 2017

Malaysian police are looking for at least four more North Korean suspects over the assassination of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother.

Kim Jong-nam

Kim Jong Nam died after he was sprayed with a chemical at Kuala Lumpur Airport. Photo: AFP

Kim Jong Nam died shortly after he was sprayed with a chemical at Kuala Lumpur Airport last week.

Police have identified four suspects, all men between the ages of 33 and 57, but say they have already left Malaysia.

A North Korean man, an Indonesian woman, and a woman carrying Vietnamese travel documents have been arrested over the death, while a Malaysian man has been detained.

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