Anniversary of South Korea's deadly Halloween crush approaches

Watch more on iWantTFC South Korea on Sunday is set to commemorate the first anniversary of the deadly Halloween crush incident which killed 159 people and injured another 195, mostly in their twenties and thirties.

On the night of Oct. 29, 2022, hundreds of Halloween partygoers became trapped in a crowd crush in the capital Seoul's Itaewon district, known to revelers as a place of fun, freedom and openness. The area's narrow, steep streets and constrained access points proved a lethal mix and left more than 150 people dead.

Authorities say more than twice as many people left Itaewon metro station on October 29 than the year before, with as many as 100,000 estimated to be in the area. Three narrow streets and alleyways leading to the station were particularly crammed.

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