At least 78 people were killed in a stampede in Sanaa, Yemen, on Wednesday after shots fired into the air for crowd control hit a power line and caused it to explode.
The tragic panic unfolded at a charity event to distribute money—about $10 per person—to the poor during Ramadan, the Associated Press reported.
Afterward, the Houthi insurgents who control the capital city said they would pay about $2,000 to each family who lost a relative, while the injured—at least 73 people at the latest count—would get around $400.
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