Pol Pot

Pol Pot

Pol Pot's Death Raises Questions About Circumstances and Hopes for Khmer Rouge

Foreign journalists witnessed the discovery of Pol Pot's body, with comrades stating he died of a heart attack. Pol Pot's wife claimed to have found his body, and the reporters noted the air was preservative-smelling, suggesting he may have been dead for some time. Pol Pot&

Pol Pot

Pol Pot Dies in Jungle Hideout, Ending Four-Year Slaughter in Cambodia

Pol Pot, the architect of a brutal regime that brought death to over a million people in Cambodia, died on Wednesday night from a heart attack in his jungle hideout, according to Thai military and Khmer Rouge sources. The 73-year-old former leader had been cornered by his enemies and was