At least 149 people, mostly teenagers and young adults in their 20s, were Died in a crush when a huge crowd celebrating Halloween surged into an alley in a nightlife area of the South Korean capital Seoul on Saturday night, emergency officials said.
A further 65 people were injured in the melee in Seoul’s Itaewon district, Choi Sung-beom, head of the Yongsan Fire Station, said in a briefing at the scene.
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Videos of Seoul stampede capture chaos, panic amid Halloween festivities Seoul stampede ‘The Halloween event was the first in three years that commenced after the country lifted Covid-19 restrictions and eased social distancing norms.
Rescue team and firefighters work at the scene where stampede took place during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, Scenes of chaos and panic played out in the South Korean capital Seoul on Saturday as a huge stampede broke out in.
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what marked the city’s first Halloween event in three years, died 151 people and injuring dozens. The incident took place in Seoul’s Itaewon district when party goers wearing masks.Halloween costumes surged into a narrow alley in a nightlife area.
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A video tweeted by allk pop, a local media company that largely covers K pop or Korean pop news, captured grim footage from the site of the incident.
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The footage showed people lying on the road unconscious as the rescue fire staff pressed on their chests to give CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) in an attempt to revive them. Reports said some people suffered cardiac arrest following the incident.
How South Korea stampede took place Seoul, South Korea Halloween Stampede Leaves At Least 149 Dead Emergency officials reported that a big throng celebrating Halloween surged into an alley in a nightlife area of the South Korean capital Seoul on Saturday night, died at least 149 people, mostly teens and young adults in their 20s.
Videos of Seoul stampede capture chaos, panic amid Halloween festivities
In a briefing at the scene, Choi Sung beom, head of the Yongsan Fire Station, said that an additional 65 people had been hurt in the melee in Seoul’s Itaewon district.
According to the authorities, 19 of the injured were in serious condition and were receiving emergency care.
They said that the death toll could rise.The most dramatic video after the stampede that died 146 people during Halloween celebrations in Seoul ‘Disguised youths fleeing in terrer, desperate attempts at first aid on the sidewalks, dozens of corpses lining the street.
