A female suspect has been arrested in Malaysia in connection with the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half-brother. Local police said that the woman was arrested at the airport in the capital Kuala Lumpur where Kim Jong-nam was targeted in an apparent poisoning on Monday, BBC reported. She was in possession of a Vietnamese travel document. The arrest was made around 0820 local time on Tuesday morning (0020 GMT). The suspect was identified from CCTV footage taken at the airport and was alone, a police statement said.
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