South Korea in shock after 151 killed in Halloween crowd surge

More than 150 people died and many others were injured when a crowd celebrating Halloween became trapped and crushed in a narrow alley in Seoul (Lee Jin-man/AP)

Concerned relatives rushed to hospitals in search of their loved ones on Sunday as South Korea mourned the deaths of at least 151 people, mostly in their teens and 20s, who were crushed after a huge Halloween party crowd surged into a narrow alley in a nightlife district in Seoul.

Witnesses said the crowd surge in the Itaewon area on Saturday night caused “a hell-like” chaos as people fell on each other “like dominos”.