The Itaewon Stampede happened on October 29, 2022. Eyewitnesses described partygoers being packed tightly together making it very difficult to move around or even breathe.
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Before the crush, crowd numbers were built in Seoul’s popular nightclub district Itaewon.
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The crowd crush is the deadliest peacetime disaster in South Korea since the sinking of MV Sewol in 2014, which killed more than 300 people. It is also the largest mass casualty event in Seoul since the Sampoong Department Store collapse in 1995.
When Did Seoul Stampede Happen?
The Seoul Stampede happened on October 29, 2022. It killed at least 153 people died, and at least 103 others were injured.
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