KUALA LUMPUR: Another suspected woman assassin has been detained in connection with the killing of North Korean leader's half-brother Kim Jong-nam at KLIA2.
The second arrest was confirmed by Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.
Jong-nam, 45, was killed by two women who splashed his face with a chemical at the KLIA2 departure hall at about 9am on Monday. He was about to leave for Macau.
The women later got into a taxi and fled.
One of the women was arrested at the airport on Wednesday when she tried to board a flight out.
The woman, 29, was in possession of a Vietnam travel document bearing the name of 'Doan Thi Huong.'
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