Canadian Recalls ‘Pandemonium’ in South Korean District Where 150 Died in Stampede

People pay tribute to victims of a deadly crowd crush during Saturday night's Halloween festivities, at a makeshift flower-laying area set up near the scene of the incident in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 2, 2022. The Canadian Press/AP-Ahn Young-joon

A Canadian in Seoul says he’s had trouble sleeping since witnessing tens of thousands of people crowding into side streets and alleys in the city’s nightclub district on Saturday, a scenario that led to the crushing death of more than 150 people.

Matthew Clement said he avoided the narrowest streets in Itaewon on Halloween after experiencing dense throngs of people in previous years that made him fear for his life.