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Seoul Halloween parade: Video shows densely packed crowd panicking moments before deadly stampede
A video shows a densely packed crowd beginning to panic in South Korea’s capital city moments before a deadly stampede broke out that claimed at least 151 lives.
Footage showed hundreds of people packed in the alley unable to move while being pushed by the force of the crowd.
Shouts and screams are heard throughout the crowd as partygoers are seen being pushed and shoved by the force of people.
More than 100 were injured during the incident after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon area of Seoul.
The victims of the stampede are mostly teenagers and adults in their 20s, according to officials.
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