BY AP | UPDATED: MAY 05, 2017, 08.03 PM
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SEOUL:
North Korea on Friday accused the US and South Korean spy agencies of an
unsuccessful assassination attempt on leader Kim Jong Un involving bio-chemical
weapons.
In a statement carried on state media, North
Korea's Ministry of State Security said it will "ferret out and
mercilessly destroy" the "terrorists" in the CIA and South
Korean intelligence agency for targeting its supreme leadership.
North Korea frequently lambasts the United States and South
Korea, but its accusation Friday was unusual in its detail.
The ministry said the spy agencies in June 2014
"ideologically corrupted and bribed" a North Korean citizen who had
been working in Russia to carry out the alleged assassination on Kim after
returning home.
It said South Korean agents gave money and
satellite communication equipment to the North Korean to attack Kim during a
public event with a biochemical weapon such as a delayed-action radioactive or
"nano poisonous" substance.
The ministry said after a series of contacts and
payments, the agents told the North Korean last month that the type of
biochemical substance had been decided and would be supplied by the CIA.
It didn't describe how the alleged plot was broken up or
release the full name of the North Korean suspect, identifying him only by his
surname, Kim, and didn't say whether anyone else was in custody.
The statement said in response to the alleged
plot, a "Korean-style anti-terrorist attack will be commenced from this moment
to sweep away the intelligence and plot-breeding organizations of the US
imperialists and the puppet clique," referring to South Korea.
The ministry demanded that the United States and
South Korea execute the intelligence agents involved in the "heinous''
plot and apologize.
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