At Least 151 Dead in South Korea’s Capital After Crowd Surge at Halloween Event: Officials

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declares a period of national mourning

Medical staff transport a victim, believed to have suffered cardiac arrest, in the popular nightlife district of Itaewon in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2022. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images

At least 151 people are dead after an outdoors Halloween event in South Korean capital Seoul turned into a crowd surge on Saturday night, emergency officials said.

Huge crowds at the event surged into a narrow downhill alley in a nightlife area near the Hamilton Hotel, a major party venue in Seoul. The incident trapped and crushed hundreds of people in Seoul’s leisure district of Itaewon.