A North Korean couple were shot dead after breaking quarantine in an attempt to escape the country, according to reports. The duo, from the Ryanggang province near China, reportedly tried to flee across the border.
And according to reports they were shot dead by a firing squad without trial. However, their teenaged nephew reportedly survived because he was allowed to escaped executing.
A Ryanggang resident told RFA: “Earlier this month I heard from an acquaintance in the provincial security department that a family who tried to escape the country was shot to death,” “They were arrested for attempting to escape (across) the border, which is now heavily controlled due to the national emergency quarantine against the coronavirus. “It was a