Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge ‘Brother Number Two’ dies at 93

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Nuon Chea, who was second in command during the brutal Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia, died Sunday in Phnom Penh at the age of 93, according to a U.N. tribunal which found him guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity.

The cause of his death was not disclosed.

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