153 people were killed during Halloween in South Korea
At least 153 people are dead and 82 injured after being crushed by a crush of people at Halloween celebrations in Seoul, officials said, with the number of victims of the tragedy continuing to climb.
South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol declared a national mourning period on Sunday following the crush of at least 150 people in a crowded Seoul nightlife district during Halloween. Expressing his condolences to the victims, mainly teenagers and those in their twenties, and wished for the swift recovery of the many injured in the Halloween crash.
Reason & Action taken
According to The Guardian, all the flags hoisted around the country were lowered to half-mast on Sunday. More emergency workers and vehicles are being sent to take action and help the nation in the current situation.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has activated the Emergency Management Headquarters, ordering authorities to quickly identify the individuals, according to a presidential spokesperson, and immediately launch an investigation into the causes of a Halloween event in Seoul.
The country is searching for answers after Halloween festivities turned into one of the nation’s worst catastrophes in the capital Seoul, where authorities have declared a nationwide mourning period while investigating how the chaotic crush left people dead in a narrow alleyway at a Halloween celebration in Itaewon, a busy nightlife district of Seoul.
Resources say that the crowd started pushing around to enter into a nearby bar having heard that a celebrity was coming over there, therefore the after effects of the festival took quite a tragic turn.
The witnesses present there are shattered and full of hurt due to the tragic events and sudden lack of discipline in people around them. The South Korea’s government is trying its best to hold up the situation very seriously, supporting the citizens in this period of utter losses.