After the Vietnam War ended, from 1975 to 1979, Pol Pot led the Khmer Rouge political party in a reign of violence, fear, and brutality over Cambodia. An attempt to form a Communist peasant farming society resulted in the deaths of 25 percent of the population from starvation, overwork, and executions. Different ethnic groups and all those considered to be of the "old society," intellectuals, former government officials, and Buddhist monks, were murdered. This is an example of __________.

A. targeted killings
B. MST
C. genocide
D. outgroup murder


Answer: C

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