Choi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul’s Yongsan fire department, said the death toll could grow
At least 59 people have died after being crushed by a large crowd during Halloween festivities in Seoul, South Korean officials said.
A local news agency has also cited emergency services that 150 others have been injured in the Itaewon district, Associated Press reports. READ MORE: BREAKING: Major disruption to trains running between Manchester and Sheffield due to fallen tree as emergency workers were continuing to transport the injured to hospitals across the capital following the stampede in the leisure district of Itaewon on Saturday night .
Officials say it was believed that people were crushed to death after a large crowd began pushing forward in a narrow alley near Hamilton Hotel, a major party spot in Seoul.