A death tree, Killing Field Choeng Ek, suburbs Phnom Penh, Cambodia. cover photo - 76094467

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Photo title: A death tree, Killing Field Choeng Ek, suburbs Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Author: Vianhphotography

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A Death tree is a place where Khmer Rouge soldiers killed Cambodian children by striking heads in tree, on the tree they hanged the loudspeaker and turned music up to drown the scream of the victims, Killing Field at Choeung Ek, Cambodia. Tuol Sleng in Khmer means Hill of the Poisonous Trees or Strychnine Hill. Killing Fields is a place where more than a million Cambodian were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime, during its rule of the the country from 1975 to 1979. Visitors when come here will receive a smart radio which includes 12 languages, it will help visitors learn more about each part of Killing Field by pressing the number of each part on that radio. The Angkor Wat is Cambodia's main tourist attraction and is visited by many tourists from around the world.

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