8 arrested after Ramadan food stampede

By Associated Press

Apr 03, 2023 12:30 am

KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistani police on Saturday arrested eight people in the southern port city of Karachi after a stampede killed 12 people at a Ramadan food and cash distribution point a day earlier.

Hundreds of women and children rushed to collect free food and cash outside a factory in an industrial area of the city on Friday. Business owners during the Islamic holy month often hand out cash and food, especially to the poor.

DONATION AND DEATH Mourners gather beside the coffin of a stampede victim during his funeral in Karachi on Saturday, April 1, 2023. At least 11 people were killed in a crowd crush in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi on Friday, March 31, as a Ramadan alms donation sparked a stampede in the inflation-hit nation, police said. AFP PHOTO

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