Malaysia to sweep Kuala Lumpur airport for "radioactive" material
Friday, February 24, 2017 IST
Malaysia to sweep Kuala Lumpur airport for "radioactive" material
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian specialists will clear the global air terminal and different areas for radioactive material, the police boss said on Friday, taking after the murder of Kim Jong Nam in which VX nerve operator, a very poisonous synthetic, was utilized.
"(We are hoping to) range all areas that we knew the suspects went to. We will get the specialists from the nuclear vitality division to go to the area and range it to check whether radioactive (material) is still there," police boss Khalid Abu Bakar said.
It was the first run through police had specified "radioactive material" and he didn't expound on what could "in any case" be there.
Kim, the alienated relative of North Korean pioneer Kim Jong Un, kicked the bucket subsequent to being attacked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on February 13.
Experts discovered hints of VX, delegated a weapon of mass obliteration by the United Nations, on the body.
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