A stampede took place on Thursday during a charity event organized in the Bab el Yemen neighborhood of Sanaa. "Women and children are among those dead," and about fifty wounded are in serious condition.
Yemen has been torn apart since 2014 by a conflict between Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and pro-government forces backed by a Saudi-led military coalition. The war has killed hundreds of thousands and plunged the population of some 30 million into one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, according to the UN.