{"id":121897,"date":"2023-12-09T09:19:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T09:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=121897"},"modified":"2023-12-09T09:19:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T09:19:54","slug":"plane-explosion-kills-115-as-north-korean-spies-plant-bomb-and-puff-cyanide-cigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/plane-explosion-kills-115-as-north-korean-spies-plant-bomb-and-puff-cyanide-cigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Plane explosion kills 115 as North Korean spies plant bomb and puff cyanide cigs"},"content":{"rendered":"

A plane explosion saw 115 killed after North Korean spies snuck a bomb on board before puffing on cyanide cigs to try and take their own lives.<\/p>\n

Back in 1987 Korean Air Flight 858 going from Baghdad, Iraq, to Seoul, South Korea, met a tragic end when it exploded mid-air after the agents planted the explosives and made a swift exit before take-off.<\/p>\n

It's reported the spies did the dirty work on November 29 during a stop in Abu Dhabi following orders from North Korea.<\/p>\n

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And, after planting the bomb, they were quick to escape the area before being tracked down in Bahrain. But when they realised they were cornered, they took cyanide hidden in their cigarettes.<\/p>\n

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The male spy died instantly but Kim Hyon-hui, the woman agent, survived and came clean about the whole bombing \u2013 not before trying to reach for a policeman's gun during her arrest.<\/p>\n

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She faced trial and received a death sentence, but South Korean President Roh Tae-woo intervened and pardoned her. <\/p>\n

They believed Kim had been brainwashed up in North Korea as her testimony implicated Kim Jong Il, who was future leader at the time, as responsible for the incident and so she was let off the hook.<\/p>\n

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