A stampede at a charity event killed at least 78 people in Yemen Wednesday night and left dozens of others injured. It was the deadliest incident in years not related to fighting in the country’s civil war.
DUBAI—A stampede at a charity event killed at least 78 people in Yemen Wednesday night and left dozens of others injured, authorities said, in the deadliest incident in years not directly related to fighting in the country’s brutal civil war.
The stampede took place in the capital of San’a where authorities said a merchant was distributing financial aid at a school for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which is coming to an end this week. Each person was to receive 5,000 Yemeni rials, or about $9.
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