Obviously we could just count bodies and declare the highest number the worst but I think we should also consider other factors.
Speed and ferocity
Composition of perpetrators
Percentage of population killed
Torture and murder tactics
Taking these into account I think you could make a case for either Rwanda or the Khmer Rouge as being the two worst acts of genocide. Both were conducted against fellow countrymen. The Rwandan genocide happened with frightening speed. The purge conducted by the Khmer Rouge spread like a virus as they imprisoned and tortured more confessions out of victims with their most notorious prison only having 12 survivors out of 17000 who went in.
What do you think?
Speed and ferocity
Composition of perpetrators
Percentage of population killed
Torture and murder tactics
Taking these into account I think you could make a case for either Rwanda or the Khmer Rouge as being the two worst acts of genocide. Both were conducted against fellow countrymen. The Rwandan genocide happened with frightening speed. The purge conducted by the Khmer Rouge spread like a virus as they imprisoned and tortured more confessions out of victims with their most notorious prison only having 12 survivors out of 17000 who went in.
What do you think?
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