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7-year-old among 12 dead in stampede for food aid in Pakistan, highlighting economic crisis | South China Morning Post

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Umer Zada stood over the coffin of his seven-year-old son Saad, offering prayers with other mourners on April 5, 2023. Saad was among a dozen people killed in a stampede at a food distribution centre on March 31, 2023, when a hungry crowd of hundreds began to panic and push to collect food. The incident is the deadl…

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