South Korea is in national mourning after at least 153 people were killed and around 80 injured in a crowd crush and stampede in a narrow alley during Halloween festivities in Itaewon, a popular leisure district of Seoul.
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A mass of mostly young people became trapped and crushed late on Saturday as the crowd moved forward into a narrow alley. Many of the victims were women in their 20s, said a National Fire Agency official.

This was the deadliest crushing disaster in South Korean history. In 2005, 11 people were killed and about 60 others injured at a pop concert in the southern city of Sangju.

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