A drama during Halloween night unfolded in the Iaewon district.
While Halloween night is a festive evening, a tragedy occurred in the Itaewon district on the night of November 30 around 1:30 am.
The Itaewon district is famous for its clubs, its parties, it is considered the foreign district of Seoul in which young people, mainly aged in their twenties, come to have fun, meet to relax and spend good moments. Halloween night is one of its nights when it’s good to have fun.
Unfortunately tonight, even though the party started well, it didn’t end well. Coming out of the restrictions, according to covid, the population wanted to let go and have a little good time.
“Someone fell in the narrow alley next to the Hamilton Hotel causing a stampede in the crowd and people piled on top of each other,” a witness said..
It was in a street next to the Hamilton hotel that the tragedy occurred, according to a witness a first person would have fallen into the narrow street filled with people, to avoid it people jostled and a crowd movement effect is linked. With the narrow street and the thousands of people present, it was impossible to get out, leading to the incident resulting in the death of more than 150 people and hundreds of injuries.
President Yoon has just declared a period of national mourning until the situation is restored, it is the second most important disaster in terms of number of deaths after that of SEWOL in 2014.
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Several embassies call on its nationals present in South Korea to warn their families in order to avoid their concerns. Because the call center in Seoul receives a lot of calls for disappearances.
We send our deepest condolences to the families of the deceased and support to all the injured and rescuers.
Journaliste : Shawn
Source : KSTATION TV, Yonhap news, Twitter
