young people enjoying themselves in any popular nightlife area. then this. panic, horror, chaos. the scene after the deadly crash was shocking. not in view in these pictures but elsewhere, there are rows of bodies, some were carried into ambulances. cpr was performed on those on the ground. but for so many, nothing could be done. officials said most victims were in their teens and 20s. translation: year olds watched emergency services treat the many injured. they said the scene was like something out of a movie, that it was completely out of control. the crash happened as huge crowds, as many as 100,000, gathered for halloween. many as 100,000, gathered for halloween- many as 100,000, gathered for halloween. , ., , , ., halloween. there s so many people to the oint halloween. there s so many people to the point we halloween. there s so many people to the point we were halloween. there s so many people to the point we were being halloween. there s so many people to th
of ghetto you would associate with some parts of the world, it is relatively safe but it is not a place where a lot of koreans would congregate. in recent years that has changed. the image has been somewhat gentrified and since i first moved there in 2010, i noticed halloween became more and more bustling, and i would often take my young children there to see the halloween celebrations. there were often a lot of interesting sights and my kids absolutely love it. it was like a live halloween show but it got more and more crowded, so that yesterday, when me and some friends were discussing what to do that evening, i remember saying, let s not go to itaewon because it is not really fun with the crowds. saying that, i had no idea of a tragedy coming, itjust was not a comfortable place to be in the last few years. it seems there were tens of thousands of people there, many of them young people,
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police s perspective will keep an open mind. for now, lots of questions that they will be seeking to answer very quickly indeed. thank ou. more now on our top story south korea is in mourning after more than 150 young people were killed while out celebrating halloween for the first time since the pandemic. people have been laying flowers and paying their respects at the scene and president yoon has promised a thorough investigation into the crush in a narrow alley in the capital, seoul. so far we know that 153 people have died, most of them were teenagers or young adults in their 20s. 82 people are injured, some of those are in a critical condition. earlier i spoke to alexjensen who is a freelance journalist based in seoul. this was an area that was once rather isolated from the rest of seoul, very much a foreigner district or even a ghetto in certain areas. not necessarily the type
teenagers, people in their 20s, and it was the first time since covid that they were able to celebrate halloween and that s why such big crowds with there. yes. i moved from itaewon literally a week ago to my current home, which is in a neighbouring city. i was there a few days back for the global food festival, which was also the first one of those since covid and that was very busy, but again, more uncomfortable than dangerous feeling. but it perhaps was a signal what would come for halloween. everyone knew it would be busy. my own son was working in a restaurant in itaewon, we were not able to get hold of him initially, but thank god, within a few minutes, he did call back. we are talking about 100,000 people gathering in a small area, these alleyways were not built for those crowds. i am not sure what police could have