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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Wednesday, May 13, 2015
North Korea executes defence chief with anti-aircraft gun
North
Korea's defence minister has reportedly been executed. Hyon Yong Chol
was killed with an anti-aircraft gun for crimes including disobeying Kim
Jong-un and falling asleep during a military event.
WEDNESDAY 13 MAY 2015
According to Seoul's National Intelligence Service, Hyon was executed at
a firing range at the Kanggon Military Training Area, 22km north of
Pyongyang.
The area is known as an execution site, with the Committee for Human
Rights in North Korea saying recently that the range was used for
executions by ZPU-4 anti-aircraft guns in October. Analysis of satellite
images show that the target is just 30m away from the weapons, which
have a range of 8,000 metres.
The defence minister's death came three days after his arrest last month
and was witnessed by hundreds of spectators. It is believed that he did
not receive a trial.
This is not the first political execution this year, with Kim Jong-un
ordering the deaths of 15 senior officials in the past few months. Since
he came to power in 2011, around 70 officials have been executed.
In 2013, Kim executed his uncle, Jang Song Thaek, once considered the
second most powerful man in Pyongyang, for committing crimes that were
damaging to the economy.