The crowd had grown, the men would gather in a large force and slowly walk together in a menacing way. Then, they would meet up with the police who would fire threatening shots both with pistols and automatic weapons into the air. The men would suddenly revert into little boys, running and giggling back over fences and behind other buildings, only to go through this process again and again, with and without bricks. Fifty yards to our left, just out of our site, was the bashkia. Smoke was rising from it, as the masses had set it on fire.
More automatic rifle shots, and the people ran down the street again.
Another student had asked me earlier if we could postpone the midterm exam, as they'd had one test already that day. This was after the riots had begun. Amazing, that they were listing that in their super-important events of the day. Don't worry about it today, in fact, don't worry about it tommorow,either. Teachers in the elementary school next door left, irresponsibly letting their young children wander towards home unattended-probably the most sickening part of the afternoon.