Post by andie on Dec 2, 2017 17:06:47 GMT
www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/12/01/antidote-kim-jong-nam-may-have-carried-was-probably-useless-against-poison-that-killed-him-experts-say/?tid=pm_world_pop&utm_term=.3d29dabd59e7
Antidote Kim Jong Nam might have carried was probably useless against nerve agent that killed him, experts say
"Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, might have been carrying with him a potential antidote to the banned VX nerve agent that caused his death at a Malaysian airport this year.
The news might suggest that the 45-year-old Kim had forewarning that he might be subject to an assassination attempt using chemical weapons.
However, experts say that his plan to use an antidote was also fatally flawed.
“The presence of atropine on his person would confirm the fear of chemical fratricide,” said Cindy Vestergaard, an expert on chemical weapons at the Stimson Center in Washington, but Kim appeared to have been “poorly advised on antidote efficacy.”
Details of the antidote were revealed this week at the Malaysian High Court, where two women — Indonesia’s Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnam’s Doan Thi Huong, 29 — stand accused of smearing the VX agent over Kim's face as he entered an airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 13.".
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Antidote Kim Jong Nam might have carried was probably useless against nerve agent that killed him, experts say
"Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, might have been carrying with him a potential antidote to the banned VX nerve agent that caused his death at a Malaysian airport this year.
The news might suggest that the 45-year-old Kim had forewarning that he might be subject to an assassination attempt using chemical weapons.
However, experts say that his plan to use an antidote was also fatally flawed.
“The presence of atropine on his person would confirm the fear of chemical fratricide,” said Cindy Vestergaard, an expert on chemical weapons at the Stimson Center in Washington, but Kim appeared to have been “poorly advised on antidote efficacy.”
Details of the antidote were revealed this week at the Malaysian High Court, where two women — Indonesia’s Siti Aisyah, 25, and Vietnam’s Doan Thi Huong, 29 — stand accused of smearing the VX agent over Kim's face as he entered an airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 13.".
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