Do you know the reasons for the massacres? more than the train burning incident, the main reason was the subjugation of the dalits and tribals by the muslim money lenders and merchants for years, the tribals and dalits in central gujarat, where majority of the riots happened, were given a chance by this event....most of the people who died were not beggars, they were well to do, atleast most of them..money lenders merchants politicians
and dont throw hypothetical questions, no one knows what that person would do at that instant, do u know what you will do if your house got fire while you were sleeping at 1 am in the monring?