Seoul [South Korea], October 30: A total of 59 people were killed and 150 others injured in a stampede accident that occurred Saturday at a district of the South Korean capital Seoul during a Halloween gathering, Yonhap news agency reported.
Local media reported earlier that about 50 people were suspected to have gone into cardiac arrest in the stampede accident.
A total of 81 rescue reports on difficulty in breathing were delivered to the firefighting authorities, the report said.
Source: Xinhua
