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A video clip of events leading up to the death of Kim Jong-nam has been leaked to the media.
The video, screened by Japan’s Fuji TV on its Mr Sunday programme, appears to have been taken from several CCTV cameras in Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
It shows a passenger identified by the programme as Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, making his way through the airport terminal. He is dressed in jeans, a dark shirt and a pale blazer, with a black backpack slung over his shoulder.
Once he arrives at the entrance of the departure lobby, he stops momentarily to look up at the flight schedules.


After checking the flight schedules, he then moves to a nearby self-check-in kiosk.
In a flash, the next scene shows two women approaching Kim, one in a whitetop appearing to lunge as she places her hand over Kim’s face. There is a flurry of movement, then after a matter of two or three seconds, the three break apart.
The woman in white - whose hair and dress resembles a woman dressed in a top with an “LOL” slogan who Malaysian police said was connected to the killing - walks briskly away.
The other woman cannot be seen.
The footage then shows Kim approaching two policemen, who lead him to a medical clinic in the airport. There is then another flurry involving a stretcher, but the details cannot be seen.
Malaysian police say four suspects linked to the killing of Kim have fled the country.
Watch : Death of Kim Jong-nam sparks row between Malaysia and North Korea


“I confirm today the perpetrators, the four suspects are from North Korea (without diplomatic passports) have left our country on the same day (of Kim Jong-nam’s killing),” said police inspector Noor Rashid Ibrahim at a press conference on Sunday.
In addition to the four suspects who fled the country, police are looking for three other new suspects, whose pictures were displayed at the conference.
Of these three, one has already been identified as a North Korean national.
Malaysia also shot back at North Korea’s allegations that authorities were purposely delaying the investigation, including the release of Kim Jong-nam’s remains.
“North Korea can say anything, but, as far as we are concerned, we follow the legal requirements of our country,” Noor Rashid said.
Pyongyang is behind the death, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman alleged Sunday.
“The government assumes that North Korea’s regime is behind the incident,” Defense Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee said, adding that there would be no further comment while Malaysian police conduct their investigation.
Kim Jong-nam, the 45-year-old eldest of former dictator Kim Jong-il’s three sons, had been due to travel from Kuala Lumpur to Macau last Monday but died after he was apparently sprayed with a poisonous substance at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Malaysian police previously said the investigation can’t be concluded until the person’s family comes forward to identify him.
Authorities are waiting on pathology and toxicology test results to determine the exact cause of death.
Noor Rashid mentioned that Malaysian authorities are not investigating based on politics but merely trying to understand why the killing took place in Malaysia.


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Leaked video appears to show killers attacking Kim Jong-nam

A screenshot from a CCTV video shows a woman in white at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, moments before she pounces on a man identified as Kim Jong-nam. Photo: Fuji TV

epa05795186 A South Korean watches TV showing breaking news about a female suspect involved in the alleged assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother, at a restaurand in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do, South Korea, 15 February 2017. According to South Korean media reports on 14 February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has apparently been assassinated by unknown persons at the Kuala Lumpur airport. He reportedly immigrated to China in 1995, and has since then lived there under Chinese protection. EPA/JEON HEON-KYUN

This combo shows a file photo (L) taken on May 4, 2001 of a man believed to be Kim Jong-Nam, son of the late-North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, getting off a bus to board an All Nippon Airways plane at Narita airport near Tokyo and a file photo (R) of his half-brother, current North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, on a balcony of the Grand People's Study House following a mass parade in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who has been murdered in Malaysia, pleaded for his life after a failed assassination bid in 2012, lawmakers briefed by South Korea's spy chief said on February 15, 2017. Jong-Nam, the eldest son of the late former leader Kim Jong-Il, was once seen as heir apparent but fell out of favour following an embarrassing botched bid in 2001 to enter Japan on a forged passport and visit Disneyland. / AFP PHOTO / Toshifumi KITAMURA AND Ed JONES

North Korean suspects Ri Jae Nam (front L), Hong Song Hac (back L) and Ri Ji Hyun (R) are seen in this undated handout released by the Royal Malaysia Police to Reuters on February 19, 2017. Police identified the three men as suspects in connection with the murder of Kim Jong Nam. Royal Malaysia Police/Handout via Reuters. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Beijing likely to steer clear of murky saga of Kim Jong-nam murder

A South Korean news broadcast about the death of Kim Jong-nam, the elder brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Photo: EPA

FILE PHOTO: A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Handout via Reuters/File PhotoATTENTION EDITORS - FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS.

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