Itaewon

Scores were killed or injured in Itaewon, Yongsan District, Saturday night as a deadly crush occurred during a Halloween celebration.

Some people, he said, were in tears. "It was people fighting to leave and people fighting to get in," the witness said. He said that the crowd trying to exit on small side street next to the Hamilton Hotel was struggling to get out and panicked already when he was trying to get through.

Incident happened during Halloween celebrations in popular neighborhood of South Korean capital packed with an estimated crowd of 100000 people.

We send our thoughts and deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased and injured, as well as to the people of the ROK as they mourn this horrific tragedy.” We grieve with the people of the Republic of Korea and send our best wishes for a quick recovery to all those who were injured.” He issued a statement calling for officials to ensure swift treatment for those injured and review the safety of the festivity sites. President Joe Biden Saturday, saying, “Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones in Seoul. A witness told VOA that during the initial chaos, she thought that people lying on the ground were drunk or passed out, but she later found out they were injured or dead. The district was packed with partygoers celebrating Halloween, which typically attracts Itaewon’s largest and most lively crowds of the year.

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Josep Borrell, the foreign policy chief of the European Union, said, “Deeply saddened by the terrible events in central Seoul. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan wrote in a tweet that he hoped for “a quick recovery for those injured” in the “heartbreaking” accident and that the US “stands ready to provide South Korea with any support it needs”. “We grieve with the people of South Korea and send our best wishes for a quick recovery to all those who were injured,” US President Joe Biden said in a statement on Sunday.

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Before 9/11, "Itaewon was full of Americans," reminisced a 40-year resident who sells flowers on the street. "Before COVID, more foreigners than locals, and now lots of local people come from rural areas," she said. troops after the Sept. But early in this century it became a gourmet spot and place to experience world cultures without a passport. "This happened right at the moment when we were about to rebound after being hammered by the pandemic," said Lee, who has operated Itaewon businesses for three decades. A short walk from the Yongsan U.S.

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Social media sites in Korea are flooded with people looking for news of their friends and relatives. Officials have said that four Iranians and a 29-year-old woman from Thailand are among those killed, while the Australian embassy has confirmed that one of their citizens also died in the accident and Russian state media has said three of its citizens are among the dead. People from Uzbekistan, China, France and Norway are also among those killed, as well as two US citizens. Women were disproportionately represented among the casualties – believed to be because they are generally smaller and more likely to have been crushed in the crowds. Is it a bomb?' Because of that, everybody was freaking out…Others were saying there is some celebrity coming [which caused a stampede]," Ms Madane told The Korea Times. The Halloween weekend event is a popular party night in the Seoul calendar, with this year’s festivities the first time that crowds could celebrate outside without wearing masks following the Covid pandemic.

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The brick hotel and its adjacent shopping centre are a well-known landmark in the area. One side is occupied by the mostly solid wall of the hotel. The area is still home to restaurants, bars and other businesses catering to the American community in Seoul. The Yongsan Garrison, which served as the headquarters for the U.S. Witnesses say the streets were so densely clogged with people and slow-moving vehicles that it was practically impossible for emergency workers and ambulances to arrive in time, leaving them helpless to prevent the situation from developing into the country's worst disaster in years . Paramedics and pedestrians frantically performed CPR on people in the streets near rows of lifeless bodies kept under blue blankets.

I went outside to smoke and I saw people being rushed to the ambulance. Many more were being transported so the officers were performing CPR on the street ...

I know how hard the police are working but it's a shame that no one thought to dispatch them in the middle to guide people to walk from one side." He continued, "I could hear people pleading with their loved ones to open their eyes while performing CPR but only one person was resuscitated on that street where I was performing CPR. I went outside to smoke and I saw people being rushed to the ambulance.

With "Hooker Hill" and snaking alleyways of bars with signs like "BADASS" around the local landmark Hamilton Hotel, Seoul's Itaewon district was a symbol of ...

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