146 people killed in South Korea Halloween crush

Agencies Published October 30, 2022

SEOUL: Rescue teams work at the scene where Halloween festival-goers were crushed, left gasping for air and unconscious during a chaotic stampede near the Hamilton Hotel in the nightlife district of Itaewon. Officials say at least 146 were killed and 150 others injured, amid fears of rise in death toll. This year’s celebration was the first since the Covid pandemic outbreak in 2020, during which South Koreans have not been mandated to wear facemasks outdoors.—AFP

SEOUL: At least 146 people were killed and 150 were injured in a stampede during Halloween festivities in central Seoul on Saturday, officials said.

“146 have been killed and 150 have been injured,” fire official Choi Seong-beom told reporters at the scene.

The incident took place at about 10:20pm (1320 GMT). A large number of people fell down in a narrow alley during the Halloween events, Choi Sung-beom, head of the Yongsan Fire Station, said.

The number of casualties could rise as the rescue effort was still under way.

“The area is still chaotic so we are still trying to figure out the exact number of people injured,” Moon Hyun-joo, an official at the National Fire Agency said.

Foreigners were among those transferred to nearby hospitals.

President Yon Suk-yeol presided over an emergency meeting with senior aides and ordered emergency medical teams to the area, his office said.

Authorities said they were investigating the exact cause of the incident.

Published in Dawn, October 30th, 2022

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Inquisitor

Oct 30, 2022 10:08am

Imported mandness brings sadness. Vale.

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Anonymouseee

Oct 30, 2022 10:51am

Sad.

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test

Oct 30, 2022 01:32pm

The same had previously happened in Indonesia where i said the same thing which i am saying now. I am of strong opinion that such type of incidents are pre planned but we have to look at who would have benefited from it especially if we look into the causes and pretext of the incident that happened. But overall mismanagement and bad policies are the causes but who would have exploited that cause to create such type of situation or may be their intelligence, police and management were too blind ?

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Steve Probeck

Oct 30, 2022 09:42pm

@test, you've made this exact same comment before and I said.who are you where by we should care about your strong opinion?

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