Shells exploded around the crowd, blocking all major escape routes.
The melee had begun.
Fleeing civilians, armed groups trying to regain control of the civilians, and those who simply gave up control and ran for their lives, were all mixed together.
The sound of gunfire, explosions, and screams intertwined into a symphony of Hell.
Mahmoud saw some armed men trying to seize the dispersed civilians as human shields, attempting to rush through the artillery-covered area.
But as soon as they entered the open areas, they were shot down with precision by the snipers.
Other armed men threw down their weapons, took off their jackets, and tried to blend in with the civilians to escape.
But the drones were surveilling high above, and the thermal imaging easily distinguished who had just fired a gun and who had not.
Massacre.
This was a one-sided massacre.
The shelling lasted for ten minutes.
