 (Although the eating of an enemy's liver was considered a traditional act of revenge in Khmer culture, it was not commonplace, though it became a common propaganda device, as both sides in the subsequent Cambodian Civil War regularly accused each other's troops of committing it).A resident of Kampong Cham later stated that the crowd had done this specifically "to express their extreme anger" towards Lon Nol.Lon Nol's troops were subsequently able to suppress the demonstrations, causing several hundred further deaths.