 Eyewitness accounts indicate that when civilians are killed in these indiscriminate attacks, whether against defended or undefended villages, children, often together with mothers and elderly people, are also killed.Varying numbers of civilian victims in each attack were reported to be rounded up and abducted [...].Thus it appears the only difference between the Homoine massacre and RENAMO's usual methods was the size of the operation.Normally RENAMO would choose smaller, easier targets instead of attacking a town defended by some 90 government soldiers.