How the Halloween tragedy unfolded

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How the Halloween tragedy unfolded

After more than 150 people died in a deadly crush in Seoul on Saturday night, the BBC looks at how the tragedy unfolded.

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Gathering crowds
Thousands of mainly young people had converged in Itaewon in the centre of the South Korean capital of Seoul.

It's a lively party spot with many narrow streets and alleys filled with bars and restaurants.

Some accounts say more than 100,000 had descended on the area that evening.

The neighbourhood is served by Itaewon metro station, and videos on social media show streams of people arriving to celebrate Halloween from early evening on Saturday.

Nuhyil Ahammed, 32, was in the crowd. The IT worker from India lives nearby and had been to Halloween parties in Itaewon before, but says things were very different this year.


The crush
In the last call at 22:11 - one of the briefest made - the caller said: "It feels like people can get crushed here."

Minutes later, the deadly crush began.

At about 22:15 a number of people on the sloping pathway fell over. Crowds pressing from both ends of the alley made it impossible to get out.

Social media footage shows some people trying to climbing up the sides of the buildings to escape.

At 22:24, fire authorities say they received reports that 10 people were pushed down under the crowd and experiencing breathing difficulties.

At 22:27, the first four ambulances were dispatched, followed by six more a few minutes later, according to the authorities.

[GregoryHep]

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