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A crowd movement caused the death of 153 people who came to celebrate Halloween on the evening of Saturday, October 29, in Seoul, South Korea. Many witnesses recount the tragedy.
On a video broadcast live on social networks, a French influencer filmed himself in the crowd in Seoul (South Korea), Saturday October 29. Jostled, manhandled and compressed, he took long minutes to get out of it. An illustration of the chaos that reigned in Seoul on Saturday evening. Among the 100,000 people who came to celebrate Halloween in a trendy district of the Korean city, many were stranded.
Like Victor Chan, a French survivor. “I was scared to death. When I got pushed into that crowd, I tried to keep my balance. As I took a step, I felt I wasn’t touching the ground, but someone “, he testifies. Participants witnessed scenes of chaos. A dense crowd first advanced calmly along an avenue, surrounded by narrow alleys. Then the witnesses described people being stuck, falling on top of each other. The toll is heavy, with 153 dead and dozens injured.
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