DHAKA: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un executed his uncle by having him stripped naked and eaten alive by starving dogs while he watched.

Jang Song-thaek was said to have been thrown into a cage with his five closest aides, after which 120 hounds, which had been starved for three days, were released, eating the men until there was nothing left.

The horrifying details emerged in a report in Singapore’s Straits Times newspaper, which said the gruesome act was known as ‘quan jue’, or execution by dogs, gulfnews.com publishes this report on Saturday.

In previous executions, political prisoners were killed by firing squads with machine guns, although one aide was tied to a post and a mortar round was fired at him.

The report said the ‘quan jue’ lasted an hour, and Kim was said to have watched the stomach-churning ‘show’ along with 300 senior officials.

BDST: 1924 HRS, JAN 04, 2014
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor