Poison pens found on a suspected North Korean spy last year represent the “modern day tools of an assassin.”
A man, who police say was a North Korean “spy” was carrying an assortment of deadly weapons disguised to look like everyday objects, when he was arrested . They included a pen, that contained a “poison tipped needle.” A flashlight that fires “bullets” and another pen that fires a “poison bullet.”
These are the modern tools of assassination for North Korea spies.
A man, who police say was a North Korean “spy” was caught carrying an assortment of deadly weapons disguised to look like everyday objects, when he was arrested last year. They included a pen, that contained a “poison tipped needle.” A flashlight that fires “bullets” and another pen that fires a “poison bullet.”
These are the modern tools of assassination for North Korean spies.
According to a CNN report, the pen was, “disguised to look like a Parker ballpoint pen, it contains a poison needle and is practically impossible to identify as a weapon.”
The second pen shoots a poison-filled bullet which penetrates the skin and releases the toxin and the third weapon is a flashlight, loaded with up to three bullets. They all look completely innocuous but all three will kill. An individual willing to be identified only as an “investigation official” showed CNN the weapons, pointing out the flashlight as the most significant find. “This flashlight is new,” the man familiar with North Korean assassination devices said.
“I’ve never seen this weapon. If you look at the front, there are three holes, there was a bullet in each hole and here is the trigger. This is currently loaded and dangerous, two bullets remain.”The third bullet had been fired by investigation authorities to test the weapon. It was accurate and deadly. The would-be assassin who was carrying these devices was arrested on his way to kill his target” (source: ‘Poison’ pen mightier than sword for would-be North Korean assassinhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/11/25/world/asia/north-korea-assassination-weapons/?hpt=hp_c1 ).
The spy in this case was targeting a anti-North Korea activist, by the name of “Park Sang-hak”, according to South Korean intelligence officials.
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