Army helicopters had flown above overnight, dropping fliers exhorting the crowd to renounce violence and end their sit-in.

The young trainer was shouting into the microphone, exhorting the crowd to follow his instructions, whatever they were.

Anne Dubourg, Parliamentary councillor, condemned to be burned alive, marched to the stake exhorting the crowd to be converted.

Some old man was standing in the back of a wagon, exhorting the crowd heading into the water market, most of whom were ignoring him.