News Forum - Halloween stampede in Seoul leaves 149 dead, dozens injured

[Thaiger]

Pandemonium struck a Halloween event in Korea’s capital city of Seoul with at least 149 people killed in a stampede. Dozens more were injured in the Itawon district as reports estimate as many as 100,000 people came out last night for a giant Halloween celebration. Crowds quickly overfilled the narrow alleyways that snake through the district and the congestion began to crush and suffocate those who intended to come out for some holiday fun. Two foreigners so far have been identified in the 149 confirmed dead in the Halloween stampede. Another 150 people were estimated to have been injured, according […]

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[Marc26]

Maybe I'm not well versed in stampedes 

 

But it seemed odd to me so many of these young people dying of heart attacks because of the stampede/crowding