TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA,ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images(KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia) — A fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with the assassination of Kim Jong Un’s half-brother.
Malaysian police said the suspect, identified as Ri Jong Chol, is a 46-year-old male and a North Korean citizen. He was arrested in the Malaysian state of Selangor on Friday, according to police.
Police allege that Kim Jong Nam was killed earlier this week by a poisoned spray at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport. Multiple reports from South Korean media outlets said he was sprayed by two women.
One of the three other suspects, a woman who is an Indonesian national, said she thought she was taking part in a TV prank and had sprayed other men’s faces, Malaysian officials said according to police in Indonesia.
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