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At least 150 people have been 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 in South Korea.
Officials said a large crowd began pushing forward in the sloped alley near the Hamilton Hotel, a party spot in Seoul. Some local media reports said earlier that people rushed to a bar after a celebrity was sighted.
Many of the victims were women in their 20s, said a National Fire Agency offical, Choi Cheon-sik.
Fire officials and witnesses said people continued to pour into the alley while it was already packed wall-to-wall.
