Celebration: Over 150 Killed In Halloween Crowd Crush In South Korea
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About 155 people have been killed in a stampede in Seoul, South Korea’s capital after a huge crowd gathered in a narrow street during Halloween celebrations.
Officials reportedly said that out of the 82 injured persons, 19 of them were serious, in a crowd crush in Itaewon’s entertainment district on October 29, 2022.
It was gathered that about 153 people were murdered and 82 were badly injured in a crash in Seoul.
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Emergency services who explained that the dead included 20 foreign nationals, added that the majority of victims were teenagers and young adults.
The Crush commenced in a narrow alley when a crowd collapsed. It was the first outdoor Halloween event without masks since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Recall that Halloween was a recent holiday in South Korea, and it was definitely, an adoption of United States heritage in the nation.
In Seoul, however, some of the affected venues were Itaewon, a nightlife hub in the very middle of the capital where Saturday’s deadly crush took place.