कम्बोडियाई नरसंहार

Key facts

Location

Democratic Kampuchea

Date

17 April 1975 – 7 January 1979 (3 years, 8 months and 20 days), cultural genocide , starvation , forced labour , torture , mass rape , summary execution

Target

Cambodia's previous military and political leadership, middle-class professionals, businesspeople, intellectuals and ethnic, linguistic, and religious minorities

Deaths

1.2–2.2 million

Perpetrators

Khmer Rouge , Kampuchea Revolutionary Army , Santebal , Communist Party of Kampuchea

Motive

Establishment of an agrarian socialist society based on Maoist principles Cultural reset ( Year Zero ) Khmer nationalism and racism Xenophobia Anti-Western sentiment Anti-intellectualism Anti-religious sentiment

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Wikidata facts

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Skulls from the killing fields.jpg