At least 78 people are dead and dozens more injured after a stampede in Yemen's capital, officials say. People were reportedly gathering to receive a handout of about $9 per person.
Clothes left behind after a deadly stampede in Sanaa, Yemen, April 19, 2023.At least 78 people are dead and dozens more were injured after a stampede at a school in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday evening, according to local officials. The tragedy occurred on one of the last days of Ramadan, as people were reportedly gathering to receive a handout of about $9 per person that was being distributed by merchants.
The Houthi-run Interior Ministry said the stampede happened at a "random distribution of sums of money by some merchants," blaming the merchants for the lack of organization and not coordinating with ministry officials.Khaled Abdullah/Reuters The aid distributors, which the Associated Press reported were Houthi rebels, quickly sealed off the school where the event was planned and barred people and journalists from approaching.MORE: After year of diplomacy, Biden administration confronts difficult realities of Yemen’s war
The number of casualties in the civil war could be 377,000 when including those killed through "both direct and indirect impacts," the UN said.
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