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Weekend: South Korea: 151 killed during a Halloween celebration in Seoul

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Seoul Halloween crush kills 151

30/10/2022 GMT

South Korea: 151 killed during a Halloween celebration in Seoul

BBC World Service - Weekend, South Korea: 151 killed during a Halloween celebration in Seoul

Reports say the crush began in a narrow alley when people in a crowd fell over

A period of national mourning has been declared in South Korea where more than 150 people - mostly young people - celebrating Halloween were crushed to death on Saturday. The president Yoon Sukyeol has vowed a full investigation into one of the country's worst ever disasters. The stampede occurred after 100,000 people - many in costume - poured into Seoul's Itaewon party district. 

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Today, we're joined - for the rest of the programme - by Azadeh Moaveni, an Iranian-American writer and director of the Gender and Conflict Project at the International Crisis Group think-tank and by Simon Lancaster, a British speechwriter and author. 

(Photo: Crowds squeezed into the narrow streets and alleys of Itaewon. Credit: Reuters)

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