North Korean officer's violent response to love affair unveiled
The commander of the 27th military company in North Korea attacked his wife and a non-commissioned officer with a knife after discovering their affair. The woman died, and the command has banned officers from visiting homes.
The incident, as revealed by the Daily Mail, occurred at the end of September in Kyongwon County, North Hamgyong Province.
The unfaithful wife of the company commander died on the spot, while her lover, the non-commissioned officer, narrowly escaped with his life. After returning home from several days on business duty, the husband caught them in a compromising situation, became furious, and attacked.
After the incident, as reported by the newspaper, the company commander was stripped of his rank and detained by the brigade's security department. He is currently awaiting punishment. The non-commissioned officer was, in turn, dismissed for disciplinary reasons.
The battalion's political department ordered the soldiers to keep quiet, but news of the unfaithful wife's murder and the attack on her lover, the non-commissioned officer, quickly spread among residents of Kwongwon. The community also began to blame the company commander for inviting the non-commissioned officer to his home to receive extra food rations.
The non-commissioned officer was responsible for supplying the company with food and basic products, like soap. Officers and their families tried to maintain close relations with him because he could "tinker" with the books to give them an extra few grams of rice, a source from the Daily Mail said.
After the incident, the 27th brigade prohibited soldiers from visiting officers' homes and warned that such behaviours would be strictly punished.
