Dozens killed, hundreds injured in Yemen stampede
At least 78 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in a stampede in Yemen’s capital Sanaa due to a stampede that broke out during a charity distribution, Houthi officials and media say.
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Witnesses said that gunshots fired in an attempt to manage the crowd, which had gathered to receive financial aid, hit a wire and caused an explosion that sparked the panic.
Stampede in Yemen’s Capital Kills at Least 78, Officials Say
At least 78 were killed and at least 73 injured, according to eyewitnesses and Houthi rebel officials.
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Hundreds of people had gathered at a school for an event organized by merchants, according to the Houthi-run Interior Ministry.
At least 78 killed in stampede in Yemen’s capital, dozens more injured
The crush took place in the Old City in the center of Sanaa when hundreds of poor people gathered at an event organized by merchants, according to the Houthi-run Interior Ministry.
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