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US Navy SEALs killed North Korean civilians during botched mission: Report

Members of US Navy SEAL Team 18 celebrate after a demonstration of combat skills at the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida in 2011 [File: Joe Skipper/Reuters]

United States Navy SEALs shot and killed several North Korean civilians during a botched mission in 2019 to plant a listening device in the nuclear-armed country, reportedly approved by US President Donald Trump, a leading US news outlet reports.

The New York Times reported on Friday that the classified mission was carried out by the US Navy’s SEAL Team 6 during high-stakes diplomatic negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang in early 2019.

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