Rumors are swirling about the fate of Jang Song Thaek, who North Korea executed on Thursday after a special military tribunal found him guilty of a wide range of anti-state and anti-party crimes.

While no information about his death was released by North Korean media, speculation that the uncle of Kim Jong Un may have been killed by machine gun has been raised in South Korea.

Seo Sang-kee, a lawmaker and head of the South Korean legislature’s Intelligence Committee, said that Jang was likely executed by machine gun, just as his two aides were probably killed the week prior.

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