At least 79 people died and 110 injured in a stampede during a charity handout in Yemen's Sanaa

At least 79 people have been left dead and 110 injured in Yemen's capital Sanaa when a stampede broke out during a charity handout, health sources said.

At least "79 were killed an 110 were injured" on Thursday following the incident in the Bab al-Yemen area, said a health official in Sanaa — a toll confirmed by two other health officials.

The casualties occurred "during a random distribution of sums of money by some merchants".

The crush took place in the Old City in the center of Sanaa when hundreds of poor people gathered at the event organised by merchants.

Local sources and eyewitnesses told Yemen Details that Houthi gunmen stormed the aid distribution site and fired at the committees in order to prevent the distribution and terrorized the people, which caused the stampede.

Medical sources said that the causes of death so far are mostly live gunfire.

The sources held the Houthis responsible for the incident, as they gathered thousands in a building and refused to organize the large crowds and distribute aid, which caused the stampede that led to this tragedy.