At least 78 people are dead and dozens injured in a crowd surge in Yemen's capital, according to Houthi officials.
“What happened tonight is a tragic and painful accident, as dozens of people were killed due to a large stampede of a number of citizens caused by a random distribution of sums of money by some merchants and without coordination with the Ministry of Interior,” the spokesman of the Houthi-run Ministry of Interior, Abdul-Khaleq al-Ajri, said in the statement.
The director of the Houthi-run Health office in Sanaa, Mutahar al-Marouni, told the Houthi-run Al-Masirah news agency that at least 78 people were killed, and dozens were injured. The Capital Municipality police and the concerned units rushed to the scene, according to the statement. “The dead and injured people were transferred to hospitals, and two merchants in charge of the matter were arrested,” the statement added.
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