Piles of Skulls
Day 10 - The Killing Fields
After surviving what must have been a horrific time at one the detention centre, people were then brought to the killing fields by the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot. The fields are so named as this is where they were killed, by various methods from nails being hammered through the top of the skull, to beheading, to being beaten to death with various farming implements. After being executed the bodies were thrown in mass graves. When exhumed tens of thousands of bodies were found.
The Stupa contains thousands of skulls that have been exhumed from the Killing Fields. Many more bodies remain buried in mass graves but are being left to rest in peace as only a small fraction (as seen here) have been exhumed, enough to gather enough evidence of the crimes committed.
Piles of Skulls
Day 10 - The Killing Fields
After surviving what must have been a horrific time at one the detention centre, people were then brought to the killing fields by the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot. The fields are so named as this is where they were killed, by various methods from nails being hammered through the top of the skull, to beheading, to being beaten to death with various farming implements. After being executed the bodies were thrown in mass graves. When exhumed tens of thousands of bodies were found.
The Stupa contains thousands of skulls that have been exhumed from the Killing Fields. Many more bodies remain buried in mass graves but are being left to rest in peace as only a small fraction (as seen here) have been exhumed, enough to gather enough evidence of the crimes committed.