Officials believe people were crushed to death after a large crowd began pushing forward in a narrow alley near a major party spot in Seoul.
The Associated PressMedical staff attend to a person on a stretcher in Seoul on Sunday. South Korean officials say at least 120 people were killed as they were crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital.
He said 74 of the dead have been sent to hospitals while the bodies of the remaining 46 who had been kept on the streets were being transported to a nearby gym so that workers could identify them. Emergency responders arrive on scene in Seoul on Sunday. More than 800 emergency workers and police officers from around the nation, including all available personnel in Seoul, were deployed to the streets to treat the injured.
Police, which were restricting traffic in nearby areas to speed up the transportation of the injured to hospitals across the city, also confirmed that dozens of people were being given CPR on Itaewon streets. The Seoul Metropolitan Government issued emergency text messages urging people in the area to swiftly return home.
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