Eyewitnesses and Houthi rebel officials in Yemen say a crowd stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid in the capital, killing at least 78 and injuring 73 more.
Crush occurs at school in Houthi-controlled Sana'a where charity was being disbursed ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday, in latest tragedy to strike war-ravaged country
An official says the crush took place late Wednesday in the center of Sanaa when hundreds of poor people gathered at an event to distribute financial aid.
The crowd was attending a charity event during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when the stampede occurred when chaos ensued from hearing a gun shot and electrical explosion
More than 80 people were killed and hundreds injured in a crush at a charity distribution event in war-torn Yemen on Thursday, Huthi officials said after
By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Helen Regan, CNN Dozens of people were killed in a crowd surge in Yemen’s capital on Wednesday as needy residents in the war-torn nation flocked to receive charity handouts from local merchants during the holy month of Ramadan, officials have confirmed.
At least 78 people were killed and several others suffered injures from a stampede during an event to distribute financial aid. The incident occurred in the Old City in the center of Sanaa.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A crowd apparently spooked by gunfire and an electrical explosion stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Yemen’s capital late Wednesday, killing at least 78 people and injuring at least 73 others, according to witnesses and Ho…
Hundreds of poor people gathered at a charity event organized by merchants during the Holy month of Ramadan were spooked by gunfire and an electrical explosion.
By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Helen Regan, CNN Dozens of people were killed in a crowd surge in Yemen’s capital on Wednesday as needy residents in the war-torn nation flocked to receive charity handouts from local merchants during the holy month of Ramadan, officials have confirmed.
The tragedy unfolded Wednesday night in the capital, Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis, an Iran-linked tribal militia that swept through northern Yemen in 2014 and displaced the internationally recognized government.
More than 80 people were killed and hundreds injured in a crush at a charity distribution event in war-torn Yemen on Thursday, Huthi officials said after one of the deadliest stampedes in a decade.
A stampede at a Ramadan charity event in Yemen has killed scores of people. The tragedy was Yemen's deadliest in years that was not related to the country's long-running war.
Dozens of people were killed in a crowd surge in Yemen's capital on Wednesday as needy residents flocked to receive charity handouts from local merchants during the holy month of Ramadan, officials have confirmed.
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