The crowd starts moving at the sound of gunfire. The exodus of more than two million Rwandans from their war-torn country turned the border area in eastern Zaire into a vast refugee camp of people desperate with hunger, thirst, disease and fatigue. When three rounds of mortar fire landed near them, they panicked and ran. In the mass stampede more than 100 people perished, crushed and trampled underfoot.

A crowd of Rwandan refugees panics and begins to run when three rounds of mortar fire land near them. In the mass stampede more than 100 people perished, crushed and trampled underfoot. More than two million Rwandans fled their war-torn country, turning the border area in eastern Zaire into a vast refugee camp of people desperate with hunger, thirst, disease and fatigue.

A crowd of Rwandan refugees panics and begins to run when three rounds of mortar fire land near them. In the mass stampede more than 100 people perished, crushed and trampled underfoot. More than two million Rwandans fled their war-torn country, turning the border area in eastern Zaire into a vast refugee camp of people desperate with hunger, thirst, disease and fatigue.

A crowd of Rwandan refugees panics and begins to run when three rounds of mortar fire land near them. In the mass stampede more than 100 people perished, crushed and trampled underfoot. More than two million Rwandans fled their war-torn country, turning the border area in eastern Zaire into a vast refugee camp of people desperate with hunger, thirst, disease and fatigue.

A woman lies among the carnage of a stampede in a state of shock. The exodus of more than two million Rwandans from their war-torn country turned the border area in eastern Zaire into a vast refugee camp of people desperate with hunger, thirst, disease and fatigue. When three rounds of mortar fire landed near them, they panicked and ran. In the mass stampede more than 100 people perished, crushed and trampled underfoot.

Rwandan families try to scramble away from the horror of a mass stampede in which more than 100 people perished. The exodus of more than two million Rwandans from their war-torn country turned the border area in eastern Zaire into a vast refugee camp of people desperate with hunger, thirst, disease and fatigue. When three rounds of mortar fire landed near them, they panicked and ran.

Rwandan families try to scramble away from the horror of a mass stampede in which more than 100 people perished. The exodus of more than two million Rwandans from their war-torn country turned the border area in eastern Zaire into a vast refugee camp of people desperate with hunger, thirst, disease and fatigue. When three rounds of mortar fire landed near them, they panicked and ran.

An hour after the mass stampede, a carpet of bodies, many of them children, covers the ground. The exodus of more than two million Rwandans from their war-torn country turned the border area in eastern Zaire into a vast refugee camp of people desperate with hunger, thirst, disease and fatigue. When three rounds of mortar fire landed near them, they panicked and ran. In the stampede more than 100 people perished, crushed and trampled underfoot.

An hour after the mass stampede, a carpet of bodies, many of them children, covers the ground. The exodus of more than two million Rwandans from their war-torn country turned the border area in eastern Zaire into a vast refugee camp of people desperate with hunger, thirst, disease and fatigue. When three rounds of mortar fire landed near them, they panicked and ran. In the stampede more than 100 people perished, crushed and trampled underfoot.

Rwandan families try to scramble away from the horror of a mass stampede in which more than 100 people perished. The exodus of more than two million Rwandans from their war-torn country turned the border area in eastern Zaire into a vast refugee camp of people desperate with hunger, thirst, disease and fatigue. When three rounds of mortar fire landed near them, they panicked and ran.

An hour after the mass stampede, a carpet of bodies, many of them children, covers the ground. The exodus of more than two million Rwandans from their war-torn country turned the border area in eastern Zaire into a vast refugee camp of people desperate with hunger, thirst, disease and fatigue. When three rounds of mortar fire landed near them, they panicked and ran. In the stampede more than 100 people perished, crushed and trampled underfoot.

Two orphaned children cry over the dead body of their mother. The exodus of more than two million Rwandans from their war-torn country turned the border area in eastern Zaire into a vast refugee camp of people desperate with hunger, thirst, disease and fatigue. When three rounds of mortar fire landed near them, they panicked and ran. In the mass stampede more than 100 people perished, crushed and trampled underfoot.

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