In Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, 7 people, 2 of whom were women, lost their lives and many were injured in the stampede caused by the free flour distributed by the government.
According to national media reports, the federal government’s announcement that a limited amount of free flour would be distributed in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa states caused confusion.
4 people lost their lives due to stampedes in the cities of Multan, Muzaffargarh and Faisalabad of Punjab.
In the cities of Bannu and Charsadda in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 3 people, 2 of them women, lost their lives.
In the images reflected on the social media, it was seen that many people climbed on the flour trucks and tried to pick up the flour, and those who climbed the moving trucks threw the flour onto the roads.
On Twitter, the government and the police were reacted on the grounds that necessary precautions were not taken in the distribution of flour.
In the Sind province of Pakistan, on January 8, 1 person died in the stampede formed by the flood victims who wanted to buy the flour sold at low prices by the state. (AA)