Mystery intruder tries to break into morgue to steal Kim Jong Nam’s corpse – as it is claimed female assassins coated their HANDS in poison
TWO women suspected of killing Kim Jong-un’s half brother were trained to wipe poison on his face, Malaysian cops have said, as they revealed a mysterious intruder had tried to break into the morgue and snatch his body.
Police in the country where Kim Jong Nam met his end have already arrested two females in connection with the attack.
Officers say the suspected femme fatale assassins – one of them Indonesian, the other Vietnamese – washed their hands soon after wiping poison in Kim's face.
Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said the women knew they were handling poisonous materials and "were warned to take precautions".
He said CCTV shows both suspects keeping their hands away from their bodies as they make their way to toilets to wash their hands after the incident, although those details were not clear in footage obtained by the press.
He also claimed the women had practiced the attack at two Kuala Lumpur malls.
Khalid told reporters: “We strongly believe it is a planned thing and that they have been trained.”
Police say the substance used remains unknown, but it was potent enough to kill Kim before he could even make it to a hospital.
But the North Korean Embassy has slammed Malaysian cops’ theory over the Kim’s death, demanding the immediate release of the two "innocent women".
A statement from North Korea's embassy in Kuala Lumpur asked how the women could still be alive if they had poison on their hands.
Meanwhile, a heavily armed special police force has been deployed to the morgue holding Kim Jong Nam's body after police said there had been an attempt to gain access to the facility.
Khalid declined to provide details of the incident, but local media reported that a South Korean cameraman was detained briefly outside after he was found without ID.
He was released after a colleague confirmed his identity, reports claimed.
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Police have already arrested four people in connection with the attack: a Malaysian, a North Korean and the two women. The Malaysian was to be freed Wednesday on bail, Khalid said.
But Khalid told reporters that cops were still searching for two new North Korean suspects, the second secretary of North Korea's embassy in Kuala Lumpur and an employee of North Korea's state-owned airline, Air Koryo.
The top cop said: "We hope that the Korean Embassy will cooperate with us, allow us to interview them and interview them quickly.
"If not, we will compel them to come to us."
Khalid couldn't confirm whether North Korea's government was behind Kim's death but added, "What is clear is that those involved are North Koreans."
At least one of the women currently in custody has said she was tricked into attacking Kim Jong Nam, believing she was taking part in a comedy prank TV show.
The North Korean statement also raised this possibility, saying it could have been done "for a joke".
But Khalid rejected that claim, saying: ";This is not just like shooting a movie."
Police are looking for seven other North Korean suspects in connection with the attack, including the two announced Wednesday.
The embassy official and the airline employee are among three North Koreans believed to still be at large in Malaysia.
The four others are believed to have fled Kuala Lumpur shortly after the attack.
Khalid said authorities believe they are back in North Korea, and that they provided the toxin.
He said: "That's why we asked the North Korean Embassy to trace them and hand them over to us."
But the cop claimed Malaysian authorities had received no help from their North Korean counterparts.
The case has perplexed toxicologists, who question how the two women could have walked away unscathed after handling a powerful poison.
Kim had spent most of the past 15 years living in China and Southeast Asia.
He is believed to have had at least three children with two women. No family members have yet come forward to claim the body.
South Korea's spy agency believes North Korea was behind the killing, but has produced no evidence.
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