On the evening of October 29th local time, a stampede occurred in Itaewon, Yongsan District, Seoul, killing many people. People were having a Halloween celebration at the time of the accident.
Fire department said that the accident occurred around 10:15 pm. After receiving the call, the fire department and the police rushed to the scene and implemented emergency measures such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the fainting personnel, and sent the injured to the hospital.
At around 11:20 pm local time, more than 10 people fell on the roadside of the Hamilton Hotel in Itaewon, and rescuers resuscitated their cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
South Korean fire department said it had received reports of 81 people having difficulty breathing and more than 50 people had cardiac arrest.
0 The scale of casualties has not been confirmed yet.
The local fire department said that the stampede accident has issued a secondary response of . In South Korea, the secondary response corresponds to a medium-sized disaster.
According to Korean media reports, that night, Itaewon held a party and celebration on Halloween eve . Police said that more than 100,000 people gathered in Itaewon that night.
It is understood that due to too many people, the ambulance cannot be moved, and some victims are waiting for treatment on the floor in front of the police station.
South Korean President Yoon Seo-young instructed Itaewon stampede accident and asked the relevant departments to quickly provide first aid and treatment to the injured and take safety measures.
