What is most closely the central idea of the passage below (paragraph 7)? According to the teachers, the rebels had attacked the mining areas in the afternoon. The sudden outburst of gunfire had caused people to run
for their lives in different directions. Fathers had come running from their workplaces, only to stand in front of their empty houses with no
indication of where their families had gone. Mothers wept as they ran toward schools, rivers, and water taps to look for their children. Children ran
home to look for parents who were wandering the streets in search of them. And as the gunfire intensified, people gave up looking for their loved
ones and ran out of town.
A. The rebel army was cruelly violent and indifferent to people's suffering.
B. The civil war happened due to an unstable government and corrupt leader.
C. The sudden, violent attack led to chaos and a separation of families.
O D. Panicking during wartime often leads to families getting separated.