Harrowing news details have emerged of the extreme punishments meted out in North Korea, including prisoners beaten to death with a hammer, a pregnant woman executed, and a farm manager shot after angering Kim Jong Un.
In some of the most shocking cases, inmates were killed in secret ‘indoor executions’ using blunt weapons, while defectors said they witnessed the shooting of minors despite official claims such punishments are banned.
A manager was also executed after all the baby terrapins at a state-run farm died, with sources saying he was shot dead shortly after Kim berated officials during a visit.
The disturbing accounts are laid bare in a new report by Transitional Justice Working Group, which maps executions across the secretive state and reveals how killings surged during the Covid pandemic.
Images included in the report reveal the scale of the killings, showing suspected execution sites across North Korea including firing ranges near airports, football pitches and also in remote fields.
North Korea’s most brutal executions revealed in new report: Victims beaten to death with hammer, pregnant woman shot and man killed for letting baby terrapins die – as images show execution sites
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