Cambodia killing caves

Killing caves of Phnom Sampeau, Cambodia – 2018. The killing caves of Phnom Sampeau are a Khmer Rouge execution site southwest of Battambang. Many of the temple buildings here were used as prisons and interrogation centres, and the caves were used as execution sites. The Khmer Rouge executed their victims at the top of the caves and threw the dead bodies into the cave below. It is believed that as many as ten thousand people were thrown to their deaths here. Today there are two memorials which include the skulls and bones of some of the victims.
One of the gate ornaments on the road up to the temples and cave of Phnom Sampeau near Battambang, Cambodia
Inside one of the newer Temples of Phnom Sampeau near Battambang, Cambodia
The Buddha in one of the newer Temples of Phnom Sampeau near Battambang, Cambodia
This is a memorial assembled from cyclone fencing and chicken wire and containing human bones at the base of the stairway into one of the larger caves at Phnom…
These were a few of the thousands of people who were butchered by the Khmer Rouge Regime.
These were a few of the thousands of people who were butchered by the Khmer Rouge Regime.
These were a few of the thousands of people who were butchered by the Khmer Rouge Regime.
The reclining Buddha in the killing caves of Phnom Sampeau
A shaft of sunlight coming into the killing caves of Phnom Sampeau
This cave was used to kill the babies and children. Throw them down and let them die.
The trees are starting to take over
We were told that the various statues in this area were from the Buddhist levels of hell. This is adultery – head chopped off
A large tree spider
A large golden Buddha on Phnom Sampeau
One of several Temples on Phnom Sampeau near Battambang, Cambodia
One of several Temples on Phnom Sampeau near Battambang, Cambodia
Relief carvings on one of the Temples on Phnom Sampeau
A baby macaque’s monkey that lives in the temple area
One of several Temples on Phnom Sampeau near Battambang, Cambodia
A female macaque’s monkey that lives in the temple area
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