BREAKING: At least 120 people have been killed and 150 injured after a stampede of Halloween partiers in the South Korean capital of Seoul, local officials say.
At least 120 people have been killed and 150 injured after they were crushed by a Halloween crowd in the South Korean capital of Seoul, an official says.Choi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul’s Yongsan fire department, said of those confirmed dead, 46 were hospitalised with the rest taken to a nearby gymnasium.
Other images from the scene showed body bags lining the streets and firefighters carrying bodies covered with white sheets on stretchers to ambulances. The stampede spilt into a narrow alleyway outside exit two of Itaewon station, outside a row of bars including Ravo and Oasis Bar & Cafe.Nearly all of the nation’s available personnel were deployed National Fire Agency official Choi Cheon-sik said at least 59 people had died and 150 were injured.The alleyway has since been taped off.