Officials: 146 dead after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul

At least 146 people were killed and 150 others were injured in a stampede during Halloween festivities in Seoul, officials said of one of the biggest disasters in South Korea that will likely raise serious questions about public safety standards. The massive death toll is being tallied after people were crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow alley in Seoul's Itaewon neighbourhoods, a major leisure and night-life district in the capital. Choi Seong-Beom, chief of Seoul's Yongsan fir