I don't know if that is her real name or not, nor does it really matter, does it?
"18 Pakistani women dead after a stampede during free flour handout in Karachi" by Associated Press | September 15, 2009
A girl mourned beside her mother’s body at a Karachi hospital mortuary. Officials said the deadly stampede reflected the desperation of the poor to take advantage of donors’ charitable gifts during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (Fareed Khan/ Associated Press)
KARACHI, Pakistan - At least 18 women and girls died when a crowd waiting for handouts of flour swelled and panicked in an impoverished city in southern Pakistan, officials said....
The stampede in Karachi came during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a traditional time for charitable acts, including giving away food. At times, however, the giveaways have turned rowdy and dangerous.
Yesterday’s calamity occurred in a small building with narrow passages. As more women entered to get the flour, some panicked and guards used strong-arm tactics to clear the building, officials and witnesses said.
Oh, so the women were MORE LIKELY BEATEN to death?
Karachi Police Chief Wasim Ahmad said at least 18 women and girls died in the ensuing rush. Mohammad Amin Khan of Karachi Civil Hospital said some of the women had suffocated and that there were at least 20 bodies.
“Hundreds of women were pushing to enter into the small hall, and guards started beating us to get the place cleared,’’ said Kulsoom, 30, who gave only one name and ended up among the many wounded. “I fell down and was being crushed.’’
Panicked relatives streamed into the hospital, while others brought limp bodies in the backs of trucks or in their arms. Some women wailed while lying on stretchers.
The flour giveaway was organized by a private donor who Ahmad said was detained for not giving police prior notice of the event.
“Poverty is on the rise, there is a desperation among people,’’ local government official Javed Hanif said. “Naturally, when people are frustrated, whenever they get such an opportunity, they try to grab the maximum.’’
Yeah, those greedy, hungry, poor people.
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