Police officers working at the scene of the fatal stampede in Seoul. - AP
SEOUL (Bernama): A sudden surge of Halloween crowds instantly packing a narrow 4m-wide downhill alley in Seoul's Itaewon district, resulted in the deadliest stampede in South Korea, witnesses and authorities said Sunday (Oct 30).
With its hip nightlife and chic restaurants, Itaewon, home to expat communities in central Seoul, is by far the most popular spot for Halloween party-goers, and tens of thousands of people visited the area on Saturday (Oct 29) night.
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A street in Itaewon district is pictured full of people before the stampede during Halloween festivities killed and injured many in Seoul. - Reuters
Police officers working at the scene of the fatal stampede in Seoul. - AP
People move bodies to be transported from hospital, after a stampede during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji
Debris is seen at the scene where many people died and were injured in a stampede during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji
Investigators inspect the scene where many people died and were injured in a stampede during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji
A person receives medical help at the scene where dozens of people were injured in a stampede during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, October 29, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji
People sit on the street after being rescued, at the scene where dozens of people were injured in a stampede during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, October 29, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji
People look on as a policeman patrols the scene of the stampede during Halloween festivities in Seoul, South Korea, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji
A man writes a funeral ode for victims at the scene of the October 29 Halloween stampede in the capital's popular Itaewon district in Seoul on October 30, 2022. - More than 150 people were killed and scores more injured in a stampede at a packed Halloween event in central Seoul late on October 29, officials said, in one of South Korea's worst peacetime accidents. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Yongsan fire station director Choe Sung-beom, center, gives a briefing near the scene where people died and were injured in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. after a mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween festivities became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Ambulances carrying victims head to the hospital near the scene in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. At least 146 people were killed and 100 more were injured as they were crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital of Seoul, South Korean officials said. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Flowers are laid at the scene of a Halloween stampede in the capital's popular Itaewon district in Seoul on October 30, 2022. - More than 150 people were killed and scores more injured in a stampede at a packed Halloween event in central Seoul late on October 29, officials said, in one of South Korea's worst peacetime accidents. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol walks towards the scene where many people died and were injured in a stampede during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/ Heo Ran
Rescue team and firefighters work at the scene where dozens of people were injured in a stampede during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji
Rescue teams work at the scene where dozens of people were injured in a stampede during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji
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