A crowd of people apparently spooked by gunfire and an electrical explosion stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid in Yemen’s capital late Wednesday, killing at least 78 and injuring at least 73 others, according to eyewitnesses and Houthi rebel officials.

据目击者和胡塞(Houthi)反政府武装官员说，周三晚间，在也门首都举行的一场分发财政援助的活动上，一群人似乎被枪声和电气爆炸吓到了，出现踩踏事件，造成至少78人死亡，73人受伤。

Abdel-Rahman Ahmed and Yahia Mohsen, who witnessed the scene, said armed Houthis had fired into the air in an attempt at crowd control, apparently striking an electrical wire and causing it to explode. That sparked a panic, and people, including many women and children, began stampeding, they said.

目击这一幕的阿卜杜勒·拉赫曼·艾哈迈德和叶海亚·莫森说，胡塞武装分子向空中开枪，试图控制人群，显然击中了一根电线，导致电线爆炸。由此引发了恐慌，包括许多妇女和儿童在内的人们开始惊慌失措。

The crush took place in the Old City in the center of Sanaa, where hundreds of poor people gathered for the event organized by merchants, according to the Houthi-run Interior Ministry.

暴乱发生在萨那市中心的老城，据胡塞武装控制的内政部说，数百名穷人聚集在那里，参加由商人组织的活动。

The ministry’s spokesman, Brig. Abdel-Khaleq al-Aghri, blamed the crush on the “random distribution” of funds without coordination with local authorities. The tragedy came ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month Ramadan later this week.

内政部发言人阿卜杜勒·哈利格·阿格里准将将此次事故归咎于没有与地方当局协调的“随机分配”资金。这起悲剧发生在穆斯林开斋节之前。开斋节标志着伊斯兰斋月在本周晚些时候结束。

The Interior Ministry said it had detained two organizers and an investigation was underway.

内政部表示，已经拘留了两名组织者，调查正在进行中。