overseas. >> narrator: ri jae-nam appears to coordinate the operation from beside a pillar. jong-nam looks at the departure board, he couldn't have known he was now surrounded by north korean agents. then the two young women separately approach their target. >> (speaking korean): >> narrator: as kim jong-nam enters the clinic, another man suspected of being a north korean agent follows close behind. >> (speaking korean): >> narrator: before kim jong-nam was confirmed dead, the suspected north korean agents had already made their escape. according to immigration officials, they boarded a plane and flew to jakarta, then dubai, and ultimately onto pyongyang, the capital of north korea. it looked like the perfect hit. >> the recruitment of two foreigners was done so that they could remove their fingerprints from this assassination, and essentially point the finger in another direction. i suspect they were expecting these women, because they didn't use gloves, to die of this chemical. but the women went to the bathroom very quickly, washed off the chemical, and were able tourvive.