The number of victims and injured continues to increase. Medics and rescuers collect the bodies from the street. City authorities promised to punish those responsible.
More than 50 people died in a stampede that occurred in the center of the Yemeni capital Sana’a during a charity event. On Wednesday, April 19, Al-Masdar Online reported.
At the same time, health officials estimate the death toll at nearly 80 people.
According to journalists, people gathered in the Bab el-Yemen region to receive financial aid (zakat is an obligatory alms in Islam).
Hundreds of people gathered in a narrow street and tried to approach the issue site.
“First, the sounds of shots were heard, and then there was a short circuit, as a result of which the lights went out, which led to panic and a stampede,” said the source.
According to preliminary data, the tragedy occurred due to an incident. One of the participants in the distribution of aid fired into the air to calm the crowd, but the bullet hit an electric wire. A loud noise followed by a panicked crowd followed by a stampede.
אי מאסיבה העת?!
اشرات والجرحى في سانااء.
To take Zakat from the merchant.
كل هذا واياً كان سبب موتهم.
يtuction حالذي جimes الshimes اليمnds ship يlf يل icles وorate وiclesاك ولقمة الymش lfش كimes كاوا في في مة.
وكارثة حلت باليمن واليمنيين.#الحوثي_فارسي pic.twitter.com/3p2qqFtW84— محمد المسوري (@Lawmohyemen) April 19, 2023
The alms were distributed by two merchants. The police have arrested them. They were accused of “disorderly distribution of sums of money without coordination with the Ministry of Interior and without organization.”
In the city of Basra, where the final of the Persian Gulf Cup will be held on January 19, people died in a huge stampede in front of the stadium.
Remember that in a narrow alley in the center of Seoul, a crush was formed, once, due to the fact that in one of the bars there was a local “star”.
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Source: korrespondent
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