for halloween festivities in the capital seoul. most of the victims were teenagers and young adults who had gone to the itaewon district known for its and were caught up in the disaster in a narrow alleyway that runs down the side of the hotel. the bbc sjean mackenzie has the latest from seoul. as the bodies are counted and the victims identified, devastating accounts of seoul s halloween night of horror are emerging. thousands packed onto the streets to party. people were crushed to death. most people died here. nuhyil ahammed was in the alley. he managed to climb onto a platform to safety, where he watched the horror play out.
of horror are emerging. thousands packed onto the streets to party. ..until this narrow alleyway became so crowded, people were crushed to death. this is where most people died. most people died here. nuhyil ahammed was in the alley. he managed to climb onto a platform to safety, where he watched the horror play out. at first, someone pushed from the back, then from here. it was, like, quite a few times, then i realised something s going to happen. there s no way you can breathe. so everyone lifting up, like. he gasps for air. ..and that s what they re doing, like, taking their last breath and things, so kind of suffocating. others describe how people fell to the floor like dominoes. i didn t sleep till now. i couldn t sleep because i see people dying in front of me. one guy, he know that his friend has died, but he was still giving
known for its nightlife and restaurants, and were caught up in the disaster while in a narrow alleyway that runs down the side of a hotel. 0ur correspondent, jean mackenzie, sent this report from seoul. you may find parts of it distressing. as the bodies are counted and the victims identified, devastating accounts of seoul s halloween night of horror are emerging. thousands packed onto the streets to party. until this narrow alleyway became so crowded, people were crushed to death. this is where most people died. most people died here. nuhyil ahammed was in the alley. he managed to climb onto a platform to safety, where he watched the horror play out. at first, someone
known for its nightlife and restaurants, when people converged from different directions onto a narrow alley that runs along from a shopping mall. it was that area which became dangerously overcrowded. our seoul correspondent jean mckenzie has the story you may find her report distressing. as the bodies are counted and the victims identified, devastating accounts of seoul s halloween night of horror are emerging. thousands packed onto the streets to party. ..until this narrow alleyway became so crowded, people were crushed to death. nuhyil ahammed was in the alley. he managed to climb onto a platform to safety, where he watched the horror play out. there s no way you can breathe. so everyone lifting up, like. he gasps for air.