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April 5, 2023

Anger and Mourning After 13 Women and Children Killed in Pakistan Food Distribution Stampede
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In Pakistan, at least 13 women and children were crushed to death Friday
outside a factory in Karachi that was distributing food donations and
cash for the month of Ramadan. Victims were stampeded as hundreds of
people rushed the collection site. Eight people, including the factory
manager, have been arrested, accused of failing to put safety protocols
in place. The tragedy comes as Pakistan is facing a worsening economic
crisis and skyrocketing inflation, with many families unable to afford
enough food. This is a grieving father whose 7-year-old child was killed
in the crush.

Umer Zada: "There were no rules or regulations as my son got trampled
there. I am totally devastated. There are other people like me whose
children were killed, martyred. The women who had nothing to eat went
there. Can't the government see that people are dying of hunger?"



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