Pakistan food stampede kills atleast 20
I cant understand what has happened to our country. People are losing lives to get food! It should not happen in Pakistan, its not an African country hit by years of famine and civil-war!
At least 20 women and children have been killed in a stampede to get free flour in Karachi, dozens more were injured in the crush.
The flour was being handed out in a poor, congested neighbourhood of the city by a private group.
News Channels showed distraught relatives arriving at a hospital where the injured had been taken.
Some of the victims suffocated in the stampede and others were trampled, officials said.
They said an earlier death toll of 18 had been revised down.
“The incident happened because the distribution was taking place in a very confined area without any precautions,” Karachi police chief Waseem Ahmed told reporters.
He said the man distributing the free flour had been detained because he had not given police prior notice.
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Hello,
Not sure that this is true:), but thanks for a post.
Have a nice day
Hi
Its 100% true, its all over the net, it was reported on various news channels, news papers and news websites.
Regards
well dats fine that the punjab government wants to help out people by supplying sugar sacks n flour etc at low prices but there should b an organised way of doing so.
the govt shud delegate dis task to local authoities at district level. thus these authorities will b better able to prepare a list of most deserving people. the listed ones shud be provided wid flour , sugar ,ration from govt monitored outlets or at peoples’ homes….
Yeah, spot on, and there should be pre-planned arrangements to control the crowd.
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