Iran Press/ Middle East: 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.
More than 300 people were hurt, the AFP news agency reported, citing a Yemeni 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.
Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Al Attab, who is in Sanaa, said the disaster had “sparked nationwide anger”.
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