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US says has no reason to doubt North Korea army chief executed

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) The United States said it had no reason to doubt reports that North Korea executed its army chief of staff, describing it as typical of Pyongyang's brutal political climate.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported yesterday that North Korea had executed the army chief of staff, Ri Yong Gil. A source familiar with North Korean affairs who declined to be named also told Reuters that Ri had been executed.
"We have no reason to doubt that ... this individual was killed, executed," said State Department spokesman Mark Toner. "It exemplifies ... the brutality of the political climate in North Korea."
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