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2022 - 10 - 29

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Over 100 dead after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul (NPR)

Officials said people were likely crushed to death after a stampede in a narrow alley near a major party spot on Saturday night in the South Korean capital.

The National Fire Agency separately said in a statement that officials were still trying to determine the exact number of emergency patients. This was the deadliest crushing disaster in South Korean history. Another survivor in his 20s said he avoided being trampled by managing to get into a bar whose door was open at the alley, Yonhap news agency reported. The last South Korean disaster this deadly also hit young people the hardest. In an interview with news channel YTN, Hwang Min-hyeok, a visitor to Itaewon, said it was shocking to see rows of bodies near the hotel. People wailed beside the bodies of their friends, he said.

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At least 120 dead after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul (BreakingNews.ie)

Choi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul's Yongsan fire department, said the death toll could grow.

A local police officer said he was also informed that a stampede occurred on Itaewon’s streets where a crowd of people gathered for Halloween festivities. More than 400 emergency workers and 140 vehicles from around the nation, including all available personnel in Seoul, were deployed to the streets to treat the injured. At least 146 people were killed and dozens more injured after being crushed by a large crowd on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in Seoul, South Korean officials said.

Statement by President Joe Biden on Tragedy in Seoul, Republic of ... (The White House)

Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones in Seoul. We grieve with the people of the Republic of Korea and send our best ...

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More than 150 dead in stampede at Seoul Halloween celebration (Financial Times)

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared a period of national mourning after at least 151 people died and scores more were injured in a stampede ...

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More than 150 killed in Seoul stampede (RTE.ie)

More than 150 people were killed in a stampede at a Halloween event in central Seoul, officials said, with South Korea's president vowing a full ...

"I extend my deepest condolences to all those who have lost loved ones. I could not catch their pulse or breath and many of them had a bloody nose. When I tried CPR, I also pumped blood out of their mouths." "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of those killed or injured, and all the people of South Korea tonight," he said. "The expected size of the crowd in Itaewon did not deviate much from the previous years, so I understand that the personnel were deployed at a similar scale as before." "I am not certain about the exact number of police personnel deployed (to Itaewon) but a considerable number had been deployed at Gwanghwamun where a large crowd was expected for a protest," he said.

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