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In pictures: Seoul Halloween assemblage surge
Rescue teams enactment astatine the country successful Seoul, South Korea, wherever radical were injured successful a assemblage surge during a Halloween festival. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vows a thorough probe into 1 of the country's worst-ever disasters.
Kim Hong-ji/Reuters
Updated 3:56 AM EDT, Mon October 31, 2022
At slightest 154 radical were killed and implicit 100 injured successful a assemblage surge astatine packed Halloween festivities successful the South Korean superior of Seoul connected Saturday.
More than a twelve embassies astir the globe person confirmed victims from their country. At slightest 26 overseas nationals, including 2 US citizens, are among the dead.
The crush took spot successful the nightlife territory of Itaewon and what caused the surge is not clear, but witnesses accidental partygoers were packed tightly into constrictive streets.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared a play of nationalist mourning.
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