The crush took place in the Old City in the centre of Sanaa when hundreds of poor people gathered at an event organised by merchants, according to the Houthi-run Interior Ministry.
A crowd of people apparently spooked by gunfire and an electrical explosion stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid in Yemen's capital late Wednesday, killing at least 78 people and injuring at least 73 others, according to eyewitnesses and Houthi rebel officials.
A crowd stampeding at an event to distribute financial aid during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, has left at least 78 people dead and
The crush took place in the Old City in the center of Sanaa, where hundreds gathered for the event organized by merchants, according to the Interior Ministry.