A stampede in Yemen has left dozens dead after gunfire spooked a crowd waiting for small Ramadan cash handouts.
— A crowd apparently panicked by gunfire and an electrical explosion stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid during the Muslimin Yemen's capital late Wednesday, killing about 80 people and injuring scores more, according to witnesses and officials from the Houthi rebel group which controls the city.
Motaher al-Marouni, a senior health official, said Thursday that at least 87 people were killed, according to the rebels' Al-Masirah satellite TV channel, but that figure was later retracted amid conflicting information from Houthi officials. The head of the Houthi-controlled Ministry of Health was quoted as saying at least 80 were dead, and al-Marouni had earlier put the death toll at 78.
The crush took place in the Old City in the center of Sanaa, where hundreds of poor people had gathered for a charity event organized by merchants, according to the Houthi-run Interior Ministry. People had gathered to receive less than $10 each from a charity funded by local businessmen, witnesses said. Wealthy people and businessmen often hand out cash and food, especially to the poor, during Ramadan.
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