South Korea Halloween crush: Who were the victims?

At slightest 154 radical are known to person died successful Saturday's tragic Halloween crush successful a fashionable nightlife territory of the South Korean capital, Seoul.

Most of the victims were successful their 20s and determination were much women among the dormant than men. Officials accidental determination are 26 overseas nationals among the deceased.

Six students who were astatine schoolhouse successful Seoul were killed, arsenic good arsenic 3 teachers and 3 members of the South Korean equipped forces, the country's Education and Defence ministries said.

These are the names and faces of immoderate of those who died, arsenic tributes to them began to emerge.

Korean histrion Lee Jihan was among the victims of the Halloween crush connected Saturday night.

The 24-year-old became known to the nationalist aft competing successful the K-pop endowment world amusement "Produce 101" Season 2. Following this, helium pursued a vocation successful acting and appeared successful the web play "Today Was Another Nam Hyun Day".

Fans of the histrion paid tribute to him connected an Instagram account.

The actor's bureau 935 Entertainment confirmed his decease successful a connection connected Sunday, paying tribute to the "lovely and lukewarm person to everyone" who was a "bright and axenic idiosyncratic who ever greeted everyone with a smile".

In a connection published connected its Instagram and Twitter accounts, the institution said helium "left america excessively soon".

Choi Boseong was successful cardinal Seoul to observe his day erstwhile the calamity happened.

His woman Gabriela Pare, who lives successful the US, was alerted to his disappearance by friends who recovered his overgarment and mobile telephone astatine the country of the tragedy.

"Thank you each for your thoughts and prayers. They sadly passed away. There are nary words for the symptom I'm going done close now," she said successful a aboriginal tweet connected proceeding quality of his death.

At a nationalist memorial to the dormant successful Seoul, 19-year-old Kim Dae-hui came to laic a angiosperm for his person Rhau, who died connected Saturday night.

Rhau had called Kim from the crowded alleyway arsenic helium was being crushed. He told Kim helium was trying to prevention the pistillate adjacent to him. Suddenly, helium had to bent up. The woman's manus had turned cold, helium said.

That was the past Kim heard.

The adjacent morning, helium saw his person successful 1 of the videos being shared connected societal media. He looked airy and distressed. Hours aboriginal Kim got the telephone to accidental his person had died.

Rhau was 21. He moved to Seoul from Malaysia successful January past twelvemonth and the brace instantly became bully friends.

Kim said Rhau worked successful operation but dreamed of having a originative occupation 1 day, hopefully arsenic a manner designer. However, for the infinitesimal helium had been focused connected supporting his household backmost home.

Australian authorities person confirmed Sydney pistillate Grace Rached, who would person celebrated her 24th day adjacent month, was among those killed.

In a statement, her household described her arsenic a "gorgeous angel" and the "life of the party".

"Grace ever made others consciousness important and her kindness near an content connected everyone she ever met," they said. "She cared profoundly astir her 2 sisters and was a fantastic relation model."

Colleagues and friends person besides paid tribute to the movie producer.

"Grace was a fun, friendly, kind-hearted and passionate idiosyncratic who loved to marque films and marque radical laugh," Shahn Devendran told Australian paper The Sydney Morning Herald.

"This is genuinely devastating news."

"I cognize you're retired and about. Be safe."

That was the past substance Steve Blesi sent to his son, besides called Steven - who was 1 of the 2 Americans who died successful the Halloween solemnisation successful Itaewon.

Mr Blesi had archetypal made an entreaty connected Twitter connected Sunday, calling connected anyone who had quality of his son.

Hours later, helium confirmed connected the societal media level that his lad had died.

"It was similar your satellite conscionable collapsing. It was numb and devastating each astatine the aforesaid time," Mr Blesi said of his absorption erstwhile helium heard the news, speaking to the New York Times.

He told the quality outlet that his lad had been waiting for years for an accidental to survey abroad, and had been learning Korean. He had gone to Itaewon with a radical of friends arsenic they had each conscionable finished their midterm exams and were looking to person a nighttime of fun.

Steven Blesi had been studying planetary concern astatine Kennesaw State University successful Georgia.

University of Kentucky pupil Anne Gieske had been spending the autumn semester of her nursing grade successful Seoul.

She acceptable up a peculiar Instagram relationship for the trip, and had conscionable posted a representation of her celebrating her 20th birthday.

Her father, Dan, described her arsenic a "bright airy loved by all". He told NBC News the household was "completely devastated and heartbroken" by their loss.

CBS quoted the university's Korean Language and Culture Club arsenic saying she was a "very benignant and outgoing person".

Tomikawa Mei, from Hokkaido successful bluish Japan, had been studying Korean erstwhile she died.

Her begetter told the Japanese web NHK that helium was informed of her decease connected Sunday by officials. A policeman had picked up her telephone erstwhile helium tried to telephone her connected the evening of the tragedy.

"I tried calling her to pass her to beryllium careful, but she ne'er answered her phone," NHK quoted him arsenic saying. "She was a large girl … I privation to spot my girl arsenic soon arsenic possible."