Concert stampede kills at least 11 in South Korea

South Korean fans trying to enter a stadium for a music concert today sparked a stampede, killing at least 11 and injuring 50 others, a city official said.

The accident occurred at about 9.40am Irish time in the city of Sangju, 165 miles southeast of Seoul, when 20,000 people were waiting to enter a stadium for a concert that had been organised by a local television network, said Kim Sung-in, an official with the city government’s disaster management division.