Armed conflict explodes. The shooting sides don't play by any known rules of military engagement. They kill, they rape, they maim, they abduct, they torch homes and gardens, they pillage.
To stay put as a non-combatant in these circumstances is no option. You can't work, you can't take your children to school, you can't even eat. You could be killed or raped or maimed.
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