‘Blowing From A Gun’ Disturbing punishment of the British Empire
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Used by empires from the Mughals to the British, blowing from a gun was a terrifying method of execution. But did it make a comeback in modern North Korea? Find out in this shocking look at a forgotten punishment.
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Further Reading:
Kim A Wagner, ‘Calculated to Strike Terror’: The Amritsar Massacre and the Spectacle of Colonial Violence, Past & Present, Volume 233, Issue 1, November 2016, Pages 185–225,
https://academic.oup.com/past/article/233/1/185/2915150?login=false
Jenzen-Jones, N. R., Charles Randall, Jack Shanley, and Omer Sayadi. “‘Blown from a Gun’: Situating the British Practice of Execution by Cannon in the Context of Southern and Western Asia.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 34, no. 4 (2024): 777–98. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1356186324000038.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-royal-asiatic-society/article/blown-from-a-gun-situating-the-british-practice-of-execution-by-cannon-in-the-context-of-southern-and-western-asia/F8D1E4818D215EA4E306BD208DFDED54
Ben-Halliday, Reginald. “Being Blown by a Cannon: Man’s Inhumanity to Man.” Medium.com. September 29, 2022. https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/being-blown-by-a-cannon-mans-inhumanity-to-man-a4a44ec0cd01
Sharman, Jon. “North Korean defector 'forced to watch 11 musicians executed with anti-aircraft guns” Independent.co.uk. September 21, 2017. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/north-korea-defector-anti-aircraft-guns-execution-kim-jong-un-killed-sex-slaves-pyongyang-porn-film-video-a7959851.html
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