Most of those individuals were sick and essentially refugees headed to other areas. It is also important to note that they had been disarmed by the cavalry, and were not able to defend themselves with guns or other weapons. It was a slaughter.
Also this was a gathering of three groups, as one group (fck I’m sorry I’m not good at remembering details but will source this later) was feeling threatened and thought they would be safer if they joined their relatives. Most of the women and children were killed while running for cover and of the 290 casualties, most were shot in the back. The survivors were captured and held as, essentially, terrorists.
Mon, Oct 14th 2013 at 17 PM