During the terrible Mozambique civil war, in 1985, many thousands of people were killed, by people like this....

This guy was 1 of the rebels of this typical village we visited by absolute mistake. When we returned, we were informed it was occupied by rebels and assassins.
We didn't know, and act very naturally.
He had the gun under his arms, I asked to take his picture, and he made this pose. Sincerely, I froze and thought he was going to shoot. But then he smiled at me, and we said good-bye...