<div>Disputing circumstances of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death, South Korean intelligence has said that the leader did not travel by train the day he died.</div><div>u00a0</div><div>North Korea is moving fast to consolidate its new leader Kim Jong-un, with senior military officials already having pledged allegiance, the South's intelligence service believes.u00a0It also disputed the official account of Kim Jong-il''s death, telling MPs in Seoul he could not have died en route to a visit because his train had been stationary all weekend.</div><div>u00a0</div><div>Officials suggested the account could have been created to burnish his image as a Dear Leader devoted to his people, The Guardian reports.u00a0In Seoul, Won Sei-hoon, director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), said there was no sign that Kim's special train ever left Pyongyang station over the weekend. He cited US satellite surveillance photos.</div><div>u00a0</div><div>"We kept tabs on Kim's whereabouts until Thursday but could not locate him starting Friday. There are signs that he tried to go somewhere [on Saturday morning] but died," added Won, according to the Chosun Ilbo newspaper.u00a0An unnamed intelligence official added: "We believe he died at home."u00a0</div>        

Kim Jong-il did not die traveling on train: South Korean intelligence

Disputing circumstances of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death, South Korean intelligence has said that the leader did not travel by train the day he died.

Kim Jong-il did not die traveling on train: South Korean intelligence

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