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| Kim Jong-nam death: poison dose so high he died in '15 to 20 minutes' | ||
| 2017-02-27 | ||
The dose of poison given to North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un’s half-brother was so high it killed him “within 15 to 20 minutes”, Malaysia’s health minister has said. Kim Jong-nam died on 13 February at Kuala Lumpur airport from being poisoned with VX nerve agent, a banned chemical substance classified by the UN as a weapon of mass destruction.
“VX only requires 10mg to be absorbed into the system to be lethal, so I presume that the amount of dose that went in is more than that,” he said at a news conference. “The doses were so high and it did it so fast and all over the body, so it would have affected his heart, it would have affected his lungs, it would have affected everything.” Asked how long it took for Kim to die after he was attacked, Subramaniam said: “I would think it was about, from the time of onset, from the time of application, 15-20 minutes.”
“We confirm, number one, there is no hazardous material found in KLIA2; number two, KLIA2 is free from any form of contamination of hazardous material and thirdly, KLIA2 is declared a safe zone,” Abdul Samah Mat, the police chief of Selangor state who is leading the investigation, told reporters at the airport. Security camera footage released by Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV showed the moment two women assaulted Kim with a cloth authorities suspect was laced with the nerve agent. In later clips Kim is seen asking airport officials for medical help and rubbing his eyes and stumbling as he entered an airport clinic. Airport authorities said he complained of dizziness and died on the way to hospital. Authorities have said there have been no anomalies in medical cases reported at the clinic since the incident. They also said medical staff at the clinic were in good health. | ||
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 Still the ladies had to have some protection as the off gassing when they shoved the stuff in Nam's face would have put them at some risk Likely, SPoD. Though it does seem telling (and rather cynical) that non-Koreans were used. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-02-27 17:51 |
| #6 I'm gonna repeat myself here... On asking around, I am informed that the binary agents for VX are QL precursor and a generic sulfur containing compound. The person that applies the second agent to the mix has at most a couple of seconds to clear. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-02-27 17:43 |
| #5 Well Pappy, I'm embarrassed to admit I forgot about binary applications... Still the ladies had to have some protection as the off gassing when they shoved the stuff in Nam's face would have put them at some risk. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-02-27 17:16 |
| #4 The women could have dipped their hands into 'liquid glove' beforehand to protect themselves. This is pure speculation on my part as there was no mention of any coating etc. in the news. |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-02-27 16:10 |
| #3 The women couldn't handle the stuff without some prophylaxis being administered a few minutes before attack Unless (as has been mentioned umpteen times here at the Burg) it was administered as binary agent. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-02-27 15:34 |
| #2 It's also getting harder to believe the second woman was duped into doing a Candid Camera thing. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-02-27 15:03 |
| #1 As I remember from my CBR training, VX is a contact poison that doesn't require inhalation so a rag with the chemical rubbed on the skin is a viable way to administer the stuff to an enemy. I still think they need to do some broad spectrum blood work on the ladies to see if they have any nerve agent antidotes in their system that would be the clincher for me. The women couldn't handle the stuff without some prophylaxis being administered a few minutes before attack. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-02-27 11:04 |