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2022 - 10 - 29

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Corée du Sud : bousculade mortelle à Séoul lors d'une fête d ... (FRANCE 24)

Des dizaines de personnes ont été victimes d'arrêts cardiaques dimanche aux premières heures lors d'une bousculade à Séoul pendant les célébrations de la ...

D'autres victimes étaient évacuées sur des civières vers des ambulances. [Le président sud-coréen Yoon Suk-yeol](https://www.france24.com/fr/tag/yoon-suk-yeol/) a demandé de préparer les hôpitaux à accueillir les blessés, a indiqué la présidence. Quelque 120 personnes sont mortes et 150 autres ont été blessées dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche lors d'une bousculade qui s'est produite à Séoul pendant les célébrations de la fête d'Halloween, selon un dernier bilan fourni par les autorités sud-coréennes.

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Over 100 dead after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul (NPR)

Officials said people were likely crushed to death after a stampede in a narrow alley near a major party spot on Saturday night in the South Korean capital.

The National Fire Agency separately said in a statement that officials were still trying to determine the exact number of emergency patients. This was the deadliest crushing disaster in South Korean history. Another survivor in his 20s said he avoided being trampled by managing to get into a bar whose door was open at the alley, Yonhap news agency reported. The last South Korean disaster this deadly also hit young people the hardest. In an interview with news channel YTN, Hwang Min-hyeok, a visitor to Itaewon, said it was shocking to see rows of bodies near the hotel. People wailed beside the bodies of their friends, he said.

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At least 149 killed in Seoul Halloween crowd surge (CNN)

More than 140 people are now reported to have been killed during an incident at Halloween festivities in Seoul, according to fire authorities.

[Authorities said](https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/seoul-south-korea-halloween-deaths#h_ff225fb5483df845912084178f401ffd) the emergency was not due to a gas leak or a fire in the popular nightclub district. [reported](https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/seoul-south-korea-halloween-deaths#h_47b30d4279a84877cd25931839f98e33) dozens of people suffered from “cardiac arrest” and trouble breathing. [were jammed](https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/seoul-south-korea-halloween-deaths#h_ff225fb5483df845912084178f401ffd) on a narrow street and could not breathe. “The person in the middle got jammed, so they had no way to communicate. “I saw the people going to the left side and I saw the person getting to the opposite side,” Sung Sehyun told CNN. The cause of injuries and deaths in the incident has not been officially confirmed, added Choi Jae-won, the head of Yongsan Health Center.

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Scènes d'horreur à Séoul où Halloween a viré au drame (Le Quotidien)

Fêtards déguisés courant dans la panique, massages cardiaques pratiqués sur le trottoir, corps gisant en pleine rue sous des linceuls de fortune: samedi, ...

Les enquêteurs de la police parcouraient les ruelles jonchées de débris. La bousculade a eu lieu non loin de l’hôtel Hamilton, près duquel la foule s’est engouffrée dans une allée étroite. «Mon ami m’a dit: il y a quelque chose de terrible qui se passe dehors», raconte Jeon Ga-eul, 30 ans, qui buvait un verre dans un bar au moment du drame.

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Corée du Sud | Une bousculade fait au moins 146 morts et 150 ... (La Presse)

Les pompiers de la capitale sud-coréenne avaient d'abord annoncé que des dizaines de personnes avaient été victimes d'arrêt cardiaque dans le quartier d'Itaewon ...

Le président français Emmanuel Macron a exprimé « une pensée émue pour les habitants de Séoul et pour l’ensemble du peuple coréen ». C’est un triste jour pour la Corée du Sud », a tweeté le chancelier allemand Olaf Scholz. Au moment de l’accident, quelque 20 000 personnes se trouvaient sur un pont enjambant la rivière Sindh. Dimanche à l’aube dans le quartier, des passants hébétés étaient assis sur le trottoir, consultant leurs téléphones à la lueur des gyrophares rouges. Le mouvement de foule a fait au moins 149 morts, dont deux étrangers, ont indiqué les pompiers à l’AFP. Les passants sont poussés et tombent les uns sur les autres, on entend des hurlements et une femme jurer en anglais et crier : « Oh mon Dieu !

Statement by President Joe Biden on Tragedy in Seoul, Republic of ... (The White House)

Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones in Seoul. We grieve with the people of the Republic of Korea and send our best ...

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Scènes d'horreur à Séoul où Halloween a viré au drame (Le Soleil)

Fêtards déguisés courant dans la panique, massages cardiaques pratiqués sur le trottoir, corps gisant en pleine rue sous des linceuls de fortune: samedi, ...

Les enquêteurs de la police parcouraient les ruelles jonchées de débris. La bousculade a eu lieu non loin de l’hôtel Hamilton, près duquel la foule s’est engouffrée dans une allée étroite. «Mon ami m’a dit: il y a quelque chose de terrible qui se passe dehors», raconte Jeon Ga-eul, 30 ans, qui buvait un verre dans un bar au moment du drame.

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Circonstances, nombre de disparus... Ce que l'on sait du drame d ... (TF1 INFO)

[VIDÉO] ▶️ À Séoul, la soirée d'Halloween a viré au cauchemar. Plus de 150 personnes sont décédées dans un mouvement de foule dans le centre de la ...

[Bras de fer sur les céréales, Londres accusée par Moscou... - 10 - 9 - 5 - 2 - 1 Le président de la République Emmanuel Macron a exprimé "une pensée émue pour les habitants de Séoul et pour l'ensemble du peuple coréen", tandis que le Premier ministre japonais Fumio Kishida s'est dit "profondément attristé". Le gouvernement "enquêtera rigoureusement sur la cause" du drame "pour s'assurer qu'un tel accident ne se reproduise plus à l'avenir", a-t-il promis. Plus de 150 blessés sont également à déplorer, mais le bilan menace de s'aggraver : ce dimanche, les autorités de Séoul font toujours état de 355 personnes manquantes. Les corps des personnes mortes écrasées ou piétinées s'alignaient sur le sol, sous des couvertures ou autres linceuls improvisés. [une immense bousculade](/international/coree-du-sud-une-cinquantaine-de-personnes-en-arret-cardiaque-lors-de-festivites-pour-halloween-a-seoul-itaewon-2237020.html) qui a coupé la respiration à de nombreux fêtards près de l'hôtel Hamilton, situé sur une avenue principale entourée de ruelles en pente raide. En cause,

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2 Americans are among the dead in the Halloween crowd surge in ... (NPR)

South Korean officials say at least 26 foreign nationals were among the more than 150 people killed in the incident in Seoul's Itaewon district.

"Jill and I are devastated to learn that at least two Americans are among so many who lost their lives in Seoul. "We will be there for those in our community who knew and loved Anne. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Philip Goldberg said in a statement. Embassy in Seoul is working with local authorities and providing consular assistance to any U.S. And people started screaming, and the crowd poured in toward our club," he said. Gieske was a junior nursing student from Northern Kentucky who was studying in South Korea as part of an education abroad program. The outlet quotes Lee saying that the crush did not seem to be "an incident that could have been prevented by deploying more police or fire officers." There was nobody to help me," he said. "But even after we did that, there were people collapsed at the entrance, and some passed out," he added. Park Kang-hyun, 26, traveled to Seoul from Gwangju city, in the country's southeast, in search of two missing friends. The friend who survived said "there were just too many people. Many were attempting to gather in a narrow alley filled with bars and restaurants, according to local media.

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Over 150 killed in Seoul Halloween crowd surge (CNN)

Over 150 people were killed and dozens more hurt in an apparent crowd surge during packed Halloween festivities in Seoul, according to fire authorities.

Over the years, several performers, including A$AP Rocky and Linkin Park, He said it’s much harder to reduce crowding once the situation has become too dense. Younger, smaller people occupy less space than older and larger people, but as a rule things get uncomfortable once you reach five people per square meter, Still said — and anything more crowded can become dangerous. He said an example is visible in online 2021, have led to multiple deaths and injuries. [Crowd density can be calculated in number of people per square meter](https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/11/us/crowd-density-dangerous-warning-signs/), roughly a square yard.

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World leaders grieve deadly Halloween crowd surge in Seoul (Rossland News)

“We grieve with the people of the Republic of Korea and wish for a quick recovery to all those who were injured,” said President Biden in a tweet. “The United ...

“They were looking for a night of lighthearted Halloween festivities but instead found real horror and death,” said Baerbock. Italy is close to the Korean people at this time of great pain and deep sadness.” “The Itaewon community has opened its arms to us for many years and is part of the reason our Alliance is so strong,” the command said, writing in English and Korean. Prince William and his wife Kate also sent a message of condolence. “The United States stands with the Republic of Korea during this tragic time.” The area is still home to restaurants, bars and other businesses catering to the American community in Seoul.

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French and Austrian nationals among 154 dead in Seoul crush (POLITICO.eu)

European leaders express grief and 'shock' after Halloween disaster.

Witnesses described a surge of people into a narrow back alley, with the first reports to emergency services made at around 10:15 p.m. Citing officials, Yonhap reported that four Chinese, four Iranian, and three Russian nationals were among the dead as well as nationals of Norway, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Korean police have launched an investigation into the cause of the disaster. At least 26 foreign nationals were among the dead, according to South Korea’s foreign ministry. Ninety-five of those killed were in their 20s and four in their teens, officials said. While the official number of dead stands at 153, police data puts the death toll at 154, Yonhap reported.

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Seoul crowd disaster leaves South Korea reeling, as death toll rises ... (CNN)

South Korean authorities were on Sunday investigating the crowd surge that killed at least 153 partygoers in Seoul, as the rattled nation attempts to come ...

Farmer said she received an emergency message from the government alerting them to “a dangerous situation in the area,” and later was allowed to leave the bar, when she discovered the scale of the tragedy. She eventually managed to take a detour and fled to safety but had seen people climbing buildings to survive. Video posted to social media showed people performing compressions on other partygoers lying on the ground as they waited for medical assistance. ET), the number of people injured had risen to 133, of whom 37 were seriously injured, the ministry said. “They were still pulling people (out) because it was so crowded,” she added. Nearly all of the victims – at least 150 – have been identified; police told CNN.

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