Yemen crowd crush: at least 85 dead after Houthi gunfire sparks panic
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6AZD0)
Money was being handed out to mark end of Ramadan when rebels tried to control crowd, witnesses say
At least 85 people, many of them children, have died in a crush in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, during a charity handout marking the end of Ramadan.
Three businessmen have been arrested over the incident, in which 322 people were injured, 50 of them seriously.
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