The ruthless North Korean leader ordered the execution of Jang Song-Thaek as a traitor last month, with state media branding him ‘worse than a dog’.
Family rivalry: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pictured with his uncle Jang Song-thaek
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North Korea’s brutal dictator Kim Jong-Un fed his screaming uncle to 120 ravenous Alsatians then watched the attack dogs tear him to pieces, it was claimed today.
Jang Song Thaek, 67, and five aides were reportedly stripped naked then pushed into a metal cage before the vicious hounds were unleashed to eat them alive.
The dogs are said to have mauled the petrified “traitors” for an hour.
It is claimed Jong-Un and 300 of his officials watched the barbaric execution and stayed until all six men were devoured.
Sources said the Alsatians were not fed for three days in preparation for the sickening killings.
It follows Jong-Un branding his uncle “worse than a dog”.
In his New Year speech, despot Jong-Un described his former second-in-command Jang and the aides as “factional filth” and “scum”.
The ruler said: “Our party’s timely, accurate decision to purge the anti-party, anti-revolutionary elements helped greatly cement solidarity within our party.”
Political death sentences in the Stalinist state are often carried out by firing squad but it is thought Jong-Un wanted to send a stark warning to his people.
It is believed the lunatic leader, who has threatened nuclear war on South Korea and the US, may have personally selected the sentence of death by dog.
Show of force: Jang dragged out from his chair by two police officials during a meeting
Show of force: Jang dragged out from his chair by two police officials during a meeting
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The once-powerful Jang, who was seen as the real power behind the throne in North Korea, was dramatically removed from a Communist Party session by armed guards earlier last month.
North Korea’s state-controlled media said: “Jang and his followers committed criminal acts baffling the imagination.”
Days after the arrest, the country said Jang had been executed after a military tribunal found him guilty of trying to overthrow the state, party and leadership.
He was accused of forming factions against the state, corruption and ‘depraved’ acts such as womanising and drug and alcohol abuse.
The list of offences also included introducing disastrous currency reforms and distributing pornography.
It was also claimed he pursued a “decadent capitalist lifestyle”, squandering £3million in 2009, some in a foreign casino.
Pyongyang’s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper showed photos of Jang standing at the military trial, bowing in submission with guards on both sides.
The method of killing was not revealed. Previously it had been reported that a number of Jang’s aides were executed with anti-aircraft machine guns.
Reports of the prisoners being killed by dogs emerged in the China-backed Singaporean Straits Times. Chinese state media has not echoed the claims.
The reports have not been confirmed or denied by North Korea.
Last moments: Jang led into court before the execution was ordered Getty Yesterday South Korea said it was monitoring developments closely and checking the border for signs of a military build-up.
It is thought the killing of Jang could herald the biggest political shake-up in the North since the death in 2011 of the then-leader Kim Jong-il, Jong-Un’s father.
Jang was Jong-Un’s mentor when the young leader took control of the country in 2011.
As the second-in-command, Jang was expected to help his nephew establish power but the position made him the greatest threat to the young leader.
Jang had previously served as a diplomat to China and several of his listed offences included trade deals with Beijing that were favourable to the Chinese.
He was also said to be trying to take control of the country’s lucrative coal export business.
Jang had also been handling the country’s mineral exports, which go mostly to China and was accused of selling coal and other mined assets too cheaply.
Yesterday many observers believed the mood of China’s leaders had turned against chubby Jong-Un’s government because Jang was close to China and helped them boost North Korea’s economy.
His death has removed a key Chinese influence on the North Korean leadership and sparked anger from the neighbouring Communist government.
Jong-Un, 30, has continued to bare his teeth in a series of threats against his enemies. In his New Year speech he warned of a confrontation with “war maniacs” South Korea and the US.
He said: “Should another war break out on this land, it will result in a deadly nuclear catastrophe and the United States will never be safe.” Last year as tensions escalated between North and South Korea, the Daily Mirror traced a number of defectors who told horror stories of street executions meted out by North Korean soldiers.
We also revealed footage secretly filmed by North Koreans that showed children dying, and a brutal gulag.
The Stalinist regime rules with an iron fist and there is no right to free speech.
It is estimated that between 150,000 and 200,000 political prisoners are detained in concentration camps, where they perform forced labour and risk beatings, torture and execution.
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