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12-19-2004, 10:13 AM
Bid to kill son of Kim foiled
From correspondents in Seoul
December 20, 2004
AUSTRIAN security forces foiled an attempt to assassinate a son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during a European trip in November, Yonhap News reported yesterday.
The report of the plot against Kim Jong-nam came amid persistent rumours of internal political strife in the reclusive communist state and within the nation's first family.
Citing a source familiar with North Korean affairs, Yonhap said the failed plot had been planned by North Koreans favouring other of Kim Jong-il's sons as his eventual successor.
"Kim ran into an attempt to assassinate him during his visit to Europe in mid-November, but the Austrian intelligence agency had received a tip in advance and protected him," the source was quoted as saying. "The attempt was made by anti-Kim (Jong-nam) groups in North Korea."
South Korea's National Intelligence Service could not confirm the report but said Seoul's Government was checking it.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11737816%255E401,00.html
From correspondents in Seoul
December 20, 2004
AUSTRIAN security forces foiled an attempt to assassinate a son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during a European trip in November, Yonhap News reported yesterday.
The report of the plot against Kim Jong-nam came amid persistent rumours of internal political strife in the reclusive communist state and within the nation's first family.
Citing a source familiar with North Korean affairs, Yonhap said the failed plot had been planned by North Koreans favouring other of Kim Jong-il's sons as his eventual successor.
"Kim ran into an attempt to assassinate him during his visit to Europe in mid-November, but the Austrian intelligence agency had received a tip in advance and protected him," the source was quoted as saying. "The attempt was made by anti-Kim (Jong-nam) groups in North Korea."
South Korea's National Intelligence Service could not confirm the report but said Seoul's Government was checking it.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11737816%255E401,00.html