A mass of mostly young people among tens of thousands who gathered to celebrate Halloween in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley. Photo: AFP, AP
1/9
South Korea mourned the deaths of at least 151 people, in a huge Halloween party
2/9
Tens of thousands of people were believed to have gathered in Itaewon for festivities on Saturday night
3/9
Streets were so densely clogged with people and slow-moving vehicles that it was practically impossible for emergency workers and ambulances to reach the alley
4/9
Most of the victims were young women in their 20s
5/9
An estimated 100,000 people had gathered in Itaewon for the country’s biggest outdoor Halloween festivities since the pandemic began
6/9
More than 1,700 response personnel from across the country were deployed to the streets to help the wounded
7/9
In 2005, 11 people were killed and around 60 others were injured at a pop concert in the southern city of Sangju in South Korea
8/9
It was Asia’s second major crushing disaster in a month after a crush that killed 132 people in Indonesia