Two American college students, Steven Blesi from Georgia and Anne Gieske from Kentucky, were among the more than 150 people killed in the Halloween surge.
among the more than 150 people killed when a huge Halloween party crowd surged into a narrow alleyAnne Gieske, a nursing student from northern Kentucky, died in the crush of people in the Itaewon area of Seoul on Saturday night, University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto said in a statement posted on the school's website.Gieske was studying in South Korea this semester with an education abroad program, Capilouto said.
"As a community, it is a sacred responsibility we must keep - to be there for each other in moments of sheer joy and in those of deepest sadness," Capilouto said. "That is what compassionate communities do." One of the two Japanese dead is Mei Tomikawa, who was studying Korean language in Seoul, according to Japanese media. Her father Ayumu Tomikawa told Japan's NHK television station that his daughter "really liked South Korea and was enjoying her life there." He and his wife reportedly left their home on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido to come to Seoul.
As of Monday morning, the government said it has identified 153 of the 154 dead people and informed bereaved relatives of their identifications. Nearly two-thirds of the dead - 98 - were women. It said 149 others remain injured. The death count could rise farther as officials said 33 of the injured were in serious conditions.
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