A husband and wife have been executed by firing squad after being caught trying to flee North Korea with their 14-year-old nephew,the Daily Mail reported.
The couple, thought to be in their 50s, were trying to escape from their home in Hyensan, Ryanggang province amid the country’s strict coronavirus quarantine, according to reports.
The couple wanted to bring their teenage nephew back to his parents in South Korea, locals speaking under anonymity told RFA Korean Service.
One said: ‘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.’
Before their escape attempt the couple had been having difficulties with their business because of the affect of coronavirus lockdown, locals said.
One said they were planning on fleeing across the Yalu river into China, before making their way South, but were arrested before they made it that far,the Mail added.
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