▁some ▁women ▁were ▁ra ped ▁with ▁guns , ▁and ▁shot ▁dead , ▁and ▁that ▁civ ili ans ▁were ▁be aten ▁and ▁old ▁men ▁y ank ed ▁by ▁their ▁be ards . ▁ ▁The ▁wounded ▁were ▁taken ▁to ▁hospital , ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁visited ▁by ▁human ▁rights ▁activ ists . ▁Although ▁many ▁had ▁gun shot ▁w ounds , ▁some ▁were ▁found ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁sever ely ▁be aten . ▁The ▁dead ▁were ▁taken ▁to ▁a ▁mort u ary , ▁and ▁soldiers ▁stood ▁guard ▁outside . ▁Rel atives ▁were ▁called ▁in ▁to ▁collect ▁the ▁dead . ▁According ▁to ▁many ▁vict ims ' ▁families , ▁the ▁military ▁secret ly ▁dis posed ▁of ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁bodies , ▁as ▁many ▁had ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁bodies ▁of ▁their ▁relatives ▁had ▁disappeared . ▁Many ▁witness es ▁reported ▁seeing ▁president ial ▁gu ards ▁loading ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁bodies ▁into ▁tr uck s . ▁Im ages ▁showing ▁do z ens ▁of ▁bodies ▁l ined ▁up ▁on ▁the ▁street ▁were ▁un cover ed , ▁and ▁human ▁rights ▁groups ▁used ▁them ▁as ▁evidence ▁to ▁show ▁that ▁the ▁death ▁to ll ▁was ▁much ▁higher ▁than ▁government ▁figures . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁after math ▁of ▁the ▁protest s , ▁hundreds ▁of ▁protest ers ▁who ▁had ▁taken ▁part ▁were ▁arrested ▁and ▁imprison ed ▁without ▁charge . ▁ ▁Government ▁reaction ▁Cam ara , ▁in ▁an ▁interview ▁to ▁Radio ▁France ▁Intern ationale ▁( R FI ) ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁troops ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁kill ings ▁were ▁" un cont roll able ▁elements ▁in ▁the ▁military "