At least 78 people died, dozens were injured V stampede in the old city of Sana’a, the Yemeni capital controlled by the Shiite Houthi rebels, at an aid delivery center.

“The victims of the stampede have increased to 78 citizens, dozens were injured,” said Mutahar al-Maruni, director of the Sana’a health department. Al Masirahrepresentative of the Houthis.

Gen. Abdul Khaliq al-Ajri, spokesman for the Houthi Interior Ministry, described what happened tonight in the capital as “a tragic and painful accident in which dozens of people died due to a crush of citizens.” by random distribution of money some merchants without the consent of the Ministry of Internal Affairs,” a Yemeni rebel news agency reported. she knew.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the school to receive the $9 per person aid, according to Reuters.

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The head of the Houthi ministry indicated that the two merchants responsible for this distribution were arrested, and the prosecutor’s office was immediately mobilized to investigate what had happened.

In a video posted Al Masirahone sees crowd trapped among people who are crowded on one of the streets of the old city of Sana’a.

The death toll is expected to rise

The deputy head of the Al Thawra hospital told the same publication that they received 78 bodies in its center alone, for what reason it is assumed that the death toll is higher, given that there are more corpses reached other hospitals in Sana’a.