SEOUL HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS LEAD TO 153 DEAD – A Halloween celebration in the streets of Seoul went terribly wrong when a crowd surge led to a stampede. 153 people, mostly young students, are dead, including 2 Americans and 17 other foreign nationals. More than 100,000 people were participating in the event. No cause for the crowd surge was given.
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Seoul Halloween crowd crush updates: At least 153 dead in crowd surge, officials say – abcnews.go.com
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At least 153 people are dead and 82 are injured after being crushed in a crowd during Halloween festivities in Seoul, officials in South Korea said, as the death toll in the tragedy continues to rise.
The victims are largely in their 20s, according to the National Fire Agency. Two Americans were among the 19 foreign nationals who died, ABC News confirmed.
