21.   Panicky villagers began streaming northward after the warnings were issued, their cars packed with mattresses, blankets and bundles of clothes.

22.   The villagers began hoisting up a small bucket, bailing water out of the well.

23.   Wailing villagers began burning the bodies of their loved ones, with huge boulders on the bank of the Alaknanda River serving as platforms.

24.   When the procession reached Acteal, villagers began to burst into tears.

25.   Wailing villagers began burning the bodies of their loved ones with huge boulders on the bank of river Alaknanda serving as platforms.

26.   With the pretext of protecting themselves from the Zapatista rebels and collecting stolen goods, opposition villagers began robbing neighboring coffee fields and chasing villagers off their farms.

27.   Habarakada Nagasena, a senior member of the Buddhist clergy in Dimbulagala confirmed that many Sinhalese villagers had begun leaving the area but could not give any figures.

28.   Shakuntula Devi, a resident of Pindi where Viriam Singh died, said villagers had begun to migrate to neighbouring areas out of fear.