2 3210 5500— UKinKorea🇬🇧🇰🇷 (@UKinKorea) October 29, 2022 'A tragedy and disaster that should not have happened took place in the heart of Seoul last night.' Investigations are still ongoing about what exactly happened last night, but police have identified 150 people killed, a spokesperson told CNN. The three people yet to have their identities confirmed are all young women whose nationalities remain unclear. Graphic videos have flooded social media overnight, showing the aftermath of the stampede.){kind=link}
A period of national mourning has been declared in South Korea after 154 people were killed in a stampede during Halloween celebrations.
Eyewitnesses have described the ‘actual horror’ that unfolded near the Hamilton Hotel in the Itaewon area of Seoul.
The victims – mostly aged in their teens and 20s – were crushed when the crowd surged into a narrow alley, reportedly trying to ‘see a local celebrity’.
Relatives of those at the party rushed to the city’s hospitals to search for missing family members.
Pictures showed people arriving to the site of the disaster – already being called one of South Korea’s worst – to pay tribute to those who lost their lives.