Sanaa, Yemen stampede: What caused panic in the Houthi-led Old City?
Olivia House
Published Jan 11, 2026
A stampede in Sanaa, Yemen led to as a minimum 78 deaths and dozens of accidents
Brig Abdel-Khaleq al-Aghri, the ministry’s spokesperson, blamed the catastrophe on the “random distribution” of budget
Authorities said that organisers were detained and an investigation become underway
A stampede in Sanaa, Yemen resulted in at least seventy eight deaths and dozens of accidents, Houthi officials said as in keeping with the Associated Press. Several movies and pics of the incident had been circulated on social media.
According to the Houthi-run Interior Ministry, the stampede took place while hundreds of poor people had been amassed at the event prepared by traders with out coordination with neighborhood government. Eyewitnesses Abdel-Rahman Ahmed and Yahia Mohsen, as in line with AP, stated that armed Houthis shot inside the air in an attempt to control the gang. However, it struck an electrical wire and precipitated an explosion. “That sparked panic and people began stampeding,” they said Who are Kevin Clardy, Alicia Manning, Larry Hendrix, Mark Jennings? Oklahoma officers suspended after discussing plots to lynch Black humans, kill reporters
Brig Abdel-Khaleq al-Aghri, the ministry’s spokesperson, blamed the catastrophe on the “random distribution” of funds with out coordination with nearby authorities. The injured had been taken to close by hospitals.
More than 80 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a crush at a charity distribution event in war-torn Yemen, Huthi officials say.
Hundreds of people had gathered at a school in Sanaa to receive cash handouts of 5,000 Yemeni Rials (around $8)
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 20, 2023
A senior health officer Motaher al-Marouni, as per the file, gave an initial death tally. He said that as a minimum 13 were critically injured, in accordance the Houthi’s Al-Masirah satellite TV channel.
The Associated Press added that the Houthis sealed off the school in which the occasion turned into organised. Citizens and newshounds have been asked to maintain out of the premises.
The Houthi-run Interior Ministry in a declaration stated that two organisers have been detained and an investigation became underway.
“Absolutely devastating news out of #Yemen. Seventy nine humans killed in a stampede prepared to distribute charity to bad humans earlier than the Eid excursion,” a Twitter consumer said.
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