Originally Posted by dazdaz1
So why did not the barrack (armed soldiers) come to help?
You assume that the gate-guard were;
a. Armed.
b. Aware of what was taking-place in a location not in the immediate vicinity of their post.
c. Permitted under their orders to intervene in a public-order scenario where the Police were in attendance, in a country where the Police have primacy in such events.