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59 killed, 150 injured in S.Korea's Halloween party stampede: Yonhap

Oct 30, 2022

Seoul [South Korea], October 30: A total of 59 people were killed and 150 others injured in a stampede accident that occurred Saturday at a district of the South Korean capital Seoul during a Halloween gathering, Yonhap news agency reported.
Local media reported earlier that about 50 people were suspected to have gone into cardiac arrest in the stampede accident.
A total of 81 rescue reports on difficulty in breathing were delivered to the firefighting authorities, the report said.
Source: Xinhua

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