Nuon Chea, the chief ideologist and 'Brother Number Two' of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, whose brutal rule in the 1970s led to the deaths of some 2 million people, died on Sunday at the age of 93, a court spokesman said.

Cambodian Khmer Rouge's chief ideologist, 'Brother Number Two', dead at 93

Two senior Khmer Rouge leaders were sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide for their part in the regime's 1975-1979 reign of terror, a UN-backed war crimes court said Friday in a historic ruling.

Video: Two top Khmer Rouge leaders get life imprisonment for 'genocide': Court

nuon-chea

Nuon Chea, News on Nuon Chea, stories on Nuon Chea, articles on Nuon Chea, Nuon Chea stories at Wion, Nuon Chea news, Nuon Chea latest news

nuon chea

Cambodian Khmer Rouge's chief ideologist, 'Brother Number Two', dead at 93

Video: Two top Khmer Rouge leaders get life imprisonment for 'genocide': Court