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January 1, 2020Global Security Health Science and PolicyOpen Access

The use of VX as a terrorist agent: action by Aum Shinrikyo of Japan and the death of Kim Jong-Nam in Malaysia: four case studies

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Abstract

VX is a strong nerve-gas agent. In this paper, murder or injury of human made by VX is reported. First use of VX against human was made by Aum Shimrikyo in 1994 and 1995. More recently, VX was used in the assassination of Mr. Kim Jong-Nam in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 13 February 2017. In this review article, the use of VX against human is discussed together and described in detail.

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Anthony T. Tu (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6ac441a3ba28f5a4f9a960f7 https://doi.org/10.1080/23779497.2020.1801352

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