AT least 151 people are dead and another 82 hurt after a stampede during Halloween celebrations in South Korea. Graphic pictures show body bags lined up on pavements and shaking survivors being tre…
Choi Sung-beom, head of the Yongsan Fire Station, said 82 people were injured, 19 of them seriously.
He told the BBC: "So many people - to the point we were being crushed on the pavement, to the point where we had to spill onto the road where there were cars.AFP news agency said 140 ambulances were scrambled to the scene as the horror erupted just before 10.20pm before taking victims off on wheeled stretchers.said dozens of people collapsed and went into cardiac arrest after being crushed by the huge crowd.
Yoon declared a period of national mourning and expressed his condolences to the victims, mostly teenagers and people in their 20s, and his wishes for a speedy recovery to the many injured."A tragedy and disaster that should not have happened took place in the heart of Seoul."