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At least 85 people were killed and over 300 injured in a crush at a charity distribution event in war-torn Yemen on Thursday, Huthi officials said, one of the deadliest stampedes in a decade.

The latest tragedy to strike the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country came days ahead of Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim holiday celebrated around the world by feasting to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

Hundreds of people in the poverty-hit country had gathered at a school in the capital Sanaa to receive cash handouts of 5,000 Yemeni Rials (around $.

At least "85 were killed and more than 322 were injured" in the stampede in the Bab al-Yemen district of the capital, a Huthi security official said, adding that around 50 were in a serious condition.

"Women and children were among the dead," he told AFP on condition of anonymity, as he was not authorised to speak to the media. A second health official confirmed the toll.

The Huthi-run interior ministry said the dead and injured have been relocated to hospitals, and those responsible for the event arrested.

Video broadcast by Al Masirah TV channel showed a cluster of bodies packed together, with people climbing on top of each other to try to make their way through.

Many had their mouths covered by other people's hands, the rest of their bodies engulfed by the dense crowd.

Armed men in military dress and distribution workers screamed at the crowd to turn back as they tried to pull people out of the crush.

- Arrests and investigation -
According to the head of the Huthis' Supreme Revolutionary Committee, Mohamed Ali al-Huthi, "overcrowding" caused the stampede.

People were packed in a narrow street leading to the school's back entrance, he said.

Once the gates opened, the crowd streamed into a tight staircase leading to the courtyard where the distribution was taking place.

Eyewitnesses, however, said that gunfire caused people to rush in a panic.

After the stampede, families converged on hospitals but many were not allowed to enter as top officials were also visiting the dead and wounded.

An AFP correspondent in Sanaa saw large crowds outside one hospital entrance.

At the school, heavily deployed security forces were seen blocking relatives from entering the facility to locate family members.

Footage on Al Masirah TV showed corpses strewn across the complex, which was littered with sandals and scraps of clothes after the stampede was cleared.

The Huthi rebel's political chief Mahdi al-Mashat said a committee had been formed to investigate.

A Huthi security official said three people had been detained on suspicion of involvement.

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May their souls rest in peace.

May God heal the injured ones

Sad.
They died just trying to get something to eat

Even though I'm a born again Christian, I will like to use this opportunity to wish our Muslim brothers and sisters a peaceful Ramadan. May Allah accept your Ibadah. We Christians and Muslims are one, only unscrupulous politicians like Peter Obi try to divide us for selfish gains.

Ohh

Hmmm

Them dey pull cloth for stampede?

Damn! Won't this count as mass murder?

Sacrifice !!

if you know, you know
if you understand, you understand

Why are we always reading deaths and blood around Islam? RIP to the dead.

Muslims should be careful when they have large gatherings. I thank God this is not another case of suicide bombing. Just thank God

Sometimes this things doesn't make sense to me, the Arab are the or among the richest in the world but poverty is at its peak, people who are rushing to collect charity for free ended up dieing, they visit the mosque everyday, why not share this things in an appropriate way, why wait till hundreds gather.

I don't even know what to say again really , this is really sad,

May their soul rest in peace. Amen

May povert and war never happen to anybody.

I don't want to hear "It is the will of Allah"

Unnecessary death

Sharing food and money to poor crowd is always a recipe for disaster.

During the naira scarcity, the bank made a provision for a bag of pure water to be distributed. If you see the way people rushed and struggled to get a satchet of water.

May they find eternal rest.
You read somethings are you begin to wonder the essence of life.

🤐🤐🤐🤐

GOTVee:
Even though I'm a born again Christian, I will like to use this opportunity to wish our Muslim brothers and sisters a peaceful Ramadan. May Allah accept your Ibadah. We Christians and Muslims are one, only unscrupulous politicians like Peter Obi try to divide us for selfish gains.

You be mumu.
You and who be one? Do we share the same faith?Do they believe in Jesus Christ being the Saviour of the world? Would they accept your faith by allowing you minister to them?
You no know how e dey do you!!!

Sad

GOTVee:
Even though I'm a born again Christian, I will like to use this opportunity to wish our Muslim brothers and sisters a peaceful Ramadan. May Allah accept your Ibadah. We Christians and Muslims are one, only unscrupulous politicians like Peter Obi try to divide us for selfish gains.

You started a good and beautiful message, you however ended it badly with your ulterior motives.
You don't have to single out any politician to pass a message of peace, it's only breed more hatred.
If your parent compare you to others, the tendency of you hating on those people being compared to is high.
I hope your message is not hypocritical.

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Illuminatiship:
I prefer traditional religion to Islamic religion,and where you see 4Muslims just know say two or three mumu must dey there..

Though am a Christian, We all need to respect each others religion.

I hate no religion but your utterances isnt the best.

Find a better traditional herbalist to help you out.

Why do people have to die in Mass during any Islamic celebration? Just asking for a friend.

GOTVee:
Even though I'm a born again Christian, I will like to use this opportunity to wish our Muslim brothers and sisters a peaceful Ramadan. May Allah accept your Ibadah. We Christians and Muslims are one, only unscrupulous politicians like Peter Obi try to divide us for selfish gains.

this one is looking for attention.

Lol...fast induced hunger?

WTF! I thought Yemen is like U.A.E or Qatar, I'm considering relocating there.

GOTVee:
Even though I'm a born again Christian, I will like to use this opportunity to wish our Muslim brothers and sisters a peaceful Ramadan. May Allah accept your Ibadah. We Christians and Muslims are one, only unscrupulous politicians like Peter Obi try to divide us for selfish gains.

You keep introducing yourself as a born again Christian but your hypocrisy is just like those of the Pharisees, who are a brood of vipers.... happy born again but I prefer an atheist and an agnostic to your brand of born-againism.😂😂😂😂

Illuminatiship:
I prefer traditional religion to Islamic religion,and where you see 4Muslims just know say two or three mumu must dey there..

The same stampede occured in a Nigeria church last year and killed 35 people because of charity and foodstuffs.

Should Muslims say the same about Christians ?

Things like this hardly happen in developed countries and even rich Muslims countries, the major cause of this is poverty.

[quote author=GOTVee post=122633700] Even though I'm a born again Christian, I will like to use this opportunity to wish our Muslim brothers and sisters a peaceful Ramadan. May Allah accept your Ibadah. We Christians and Muslims are one, only unscrupulous politicians like Peter Obi try to divide us for selfish gains. [/quote


This one just wants to trend. YOU ARE ONE AND THEY WON'T BAT AN EYELID BEFORE THEY CHOP OFF YOUR HEAD. DEY PLAY

Hmmm .... the organizers should've known there would be a stampede and set up more distribution centers and better crowd control. Sad. The same would happen any part of the world.

Ok