Eight killed in stampede during food handouts in Zambia

The dead include six women, one man and one boy.

Eight people have died and 28 have been injured in a stampede during food handouts at a youth centre in the Zambian capital, Lusaka.

Police spokeswoman Esther Katongo said the stampede happened after people forced their way into the Olympic Youth Development Centre, where the distribution of food handouts was scheduled to take place.