KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will sweep Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2) for toxic chemicals after Kim Jong-nam was murdered there with a nerve agent last week. Jong-nam was murdered on Feb 13 at the budget terminal of Kuala Lumpur's main airport with VX nerve agent, a chemical classified by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction. The sweep will be conducted from 1am on Feb 26 (1700 GMT on Feb. 25), the police said. Malaysian police are also sweeping other locations in Kuala Lumpur the suspects may have visited. Selangor state police chief Abdul Samah Mat said earlier on Saturday authorities raided an apartment in an upscale Kuala Lumpur suburb earlier this week in connection with the killing, and were checking for any traces of chemicals in the apartment.

Source: The Star February 25, 2017 14:26 UTC