At least 78 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a stampede in Yemen\u2019s capital, according to Houthi officials and media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stampede happened late on Wednesday as hundreds of people crowded into a school in Sanaa in the hope of getting a charitable donation of about $10 that was being handed out by merchants to mark the final days of Ramadan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 300 people were hurt, the AFP news agency reported, citing a Houthi security official. At least 73 of the injured were taken to the al-Thowra Hospital in Sanaa, according to hospital deputy director Hamdan Bagheri, with families rushing to hospitals to try and find their loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Jazeera\u2019s Mohammed Al Attab, who is in Sanaa, said the disaster had \u201csparked nationwide anger\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Houthi-controlled<\/a>\u00a0Ministry of Interior\u2019s spokesperson Brig Abdel-Khaleq al-Aghri described the incident as \u201ctragic\u201d blaming the \u201crandom distribution\u201d of funds without coordination with local authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two merchants who organised the event had been detained and an investigation was under way, the ministry said. The Houthis announced they would pay some $2,000 in compensation to each family who lost a relative, while the injured would get about $400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 150,000 people, including fighters and civilians, have been killed in the conflict, which has created one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian disasters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 21 million people in Yemen, or two-thirds of the country\u2019s population, need assistance and protection, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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