At least 59 people were killed and 150 more were injured after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital Seoul, South Korean officials said.
At least 120 people were killed and another 100 injured while celebrating Halloween in the South Korean capital. The deadly crowd surge took place during festivities in the Itaewon district.
Some 150 people were injured while celebrating Halloween in the South Korean capital. The deadly crowd surge took place during festivities in the Itaewon district.
South Korean officials say at least 26 foreign nationals were among the more than 150 people killed in the incident in Seoul's Itaewon district. Many were young adults celebrating Halloween.
At least 153 people were killed in a stampede at a Halloween event in central Seoul, officials said Sunday, with South Korea's president vowing a full investigation into one of the country's worst disasters.
At least 20 of the dead are foreigners from China, Russia, Iran and elsewhere. There is one American among the dead, the Interior Ministry said in a release.
At least 149 people were killed and 150 were injured after becoming trapped and crushed by what South Korean authorities believe became a stampede in a popular neighborhood in Seoul Saturday evening.
At least a hundred more were injured, officials said, after a stampede is believed to have taken place in a narrow alley near a major party spot on Saturday night in the South Korean capital.
“We grieve with the people of the Republic of Korea and send our best wishes for a quick recovery to all those who were injured,” President Joe Biden tweeted following the incident that left 153 dead.
After the deadliest crushing disaster in South Korean history, support is flowing in while officials investigate the cause of the accident to improve safety standards in other public places.
By Gawon Bae and Claire Colbert, CNN South Korea’s first big Halloween celebration since the end of Covid restrictions turned to tragedy on Saturday night, when at least 149 people, mostly teenagers and young adults, died as partygoers surged through a narrow alley in a popular nightlife district in…
Concerned relatives raced to hospitals in search of their loved ones Sunday as South Korea grieved the deaths of at least 153 people, mostly in their 20s and 30s.
The stampede took place near the Hamilton Hotel in Seoul’s vibrant district of Itaewon, and a large number of people were believed to have entered a narrow alley near the hotel.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Concerned relatives raced to hospitals in search of their loved ones Sunday as South Korea mourned the deaths of at least 151 people, mostly in
