South Korea in national mourning after deadly Halloween stampede

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has declared a period of national mourning following a deadly Halloween stampede in the country’s capital, Seoul, as distraught relatives flocked to the city’s hospitals searching for their missing family members.
“This is truly tragic,” Yoon said in a statement on Sunday, hours after some 151 people were killed in a crowd crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district.

“The government will designate the period from today until the accident is brought under control as a period of national mourning,” he said.

Fire officials said most of the victims were women and young people in their 20s and included 19 foreigners from Iran, Uzbekistan, China and Norway.