He was a little confused; he wondered what exactly they wanted to do with these people or why exactly they were here. He did not have much time to think anyway as the soldiers ordered them to lie flat on the ground with their weapons in their hands. By now, there was a lot of tension, the kind of tension that can be felt when something drastic is about to happen. For some strange reason, Victor could smell blood in the air. This smell was so obvious to him that he wondered where it was coming from. This was in spite of the fact that no shot had been fired and no blood had been shed. He wanted to talk to Johnson who was beside him but nobody was supposed to talk and as if he could read his mind, Johnson put his hand in his mouth before he could utter anything. They (the children) were behin
