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fielding88 said:
contestgamer said:

Horrible situation, but there was a 5 minute warning provided to everyone there, yet you had families remain in the crowd with their CHILDREN there? That event is terrible, but it seems irresponsible (and perhaps immoral) to remain there with family when that warning is issued. Am I missing something? If I am then please educate me, but it appears that they were warned and the situation was avoidable?

The troops set up their machine guns on the roofs of the low buildings at the corners of the main square, closed off the access streets,[4]after a five-minute warning[1] opened fire into a dense Sunday crowd of workers and their families including children who had gathered, after Sunday Mass,[4] to wait for an anticipated address from the governor

You missed literally the rest of the sentence.

I didnt miss anything, what I dont understand is why the crowd wouldnt disperse when given a 5 min warning? From everything I read the crowd refused to disperse, leading to the massacre. I get why they were there in the first place, but not why they would remain when given a warning to leave. You seem to be the one missing that detail.