At least 59 are dead and 150 injured after a Halloween incident in South Korea’s capital, official says. The cause of the deaths is unclear.
South Korea’s first big Halloween celebration since the end of Covid restrictions turned to tragedy on Saturday night, when at least 151 people, mostly teenagers and young adults, died as partygoers surged through a narrow alley in a popular nightlife district in Seoul, officials said. Authorities are still investigating what caused the incident, but Choi Seong-bum, chief of the Yongsan-gu Fire Department, said it was a “presumed stampede” and that many people fell, injuring at least 82.
Hotels and ticketed events in the neighborhood had been booked solid ahead and large crowds were expected. However, before midnight, celebrations took a dark turn, as the first calls for help were made from within the crowd. Witness Sung said he had to push his way through the throng earlier in the night to get clear of the busy streets. “I was lucky to get through hour later, I heard people got killed. Because people got stamped on … and people got jammed together.
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