<p>Nineteen foreigners were among those killed in a stampede at a Halloween event in Seoul, South Korea's fire department told <em>AFP </em>Sunday.</p>.<p>The national fire agency said the death toll from the accident had risen to 151 people, including 19 foreigners, who died in a crowd surge and stampede which happened at about 10:00 pm (6:30 pm IST) Saturday.</p>.<p>The fire agency could not immediately provide details of the nationalities involved, but the <em>Yonhap </em>news agency reported that it included people from Iran, Uzbekistan, China and Norway.</p>.<p>South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning Sunday, saying the government would pay for the medical care of those injured and the funerals of those who died.</p>.<p>"In the centre of Seoul, a tragedy and disaster occurred that should not have happened," Yoon said in a national address.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/scenes-of-horror-in-seoul-after-halloween-stampede-1157818.html" target="_blank">Scenes of horror in Seoul after Halloween stampede</a></strong></p>.<p>The disaster occurred in the capital's Itaewon district, where local reports said as many as 1,00,000 people -- mostly in their teens and 20s -- had gone to celebrate Halloween, clogging the area's narrow alleyways and winding streets.</p>.<p>Of the dead, 97 were female and 54 were male, said Choi Seong-beom, head of the fire department in Yongsan, which includes Itaewon, <em>Yonhap </em>reported.</p>.<p>Choi said 82 people were injured including 19 seriously, although the Ministry of Interior said 150 people had been injured.</p>.<p>The stampede, the deadliest in South Korea's recent history, happened in a narrow downhill alley near Hamilton Hotel, with eyewitnesses describing scenes of panic as people "fell like dominoes", <em>Yonhap </em>reported.</p>.<p>"A short person like me could not even breathe," one female eyewitness told Yonhap.</p>.<p>"It looks like people in the middle suffered the most," she said.</p>
<p>Nineteen foreigners were among those killed in a stampede at a Halloween event in Seoul, South Korea's fire department told <em>AFP </em>Sunday.</p>.<p>The national fire agency said the death toll from the accident had risen to 151 people, including 19 foreigners, who died in a crowd surge and stampede which happened at about 10:00 pm (6:30 pm IST) Saturday.</p>.<p>The fire agency could not immediately provide details of the nationalities involved, but the <em>Yonhap </em>news agency reported that it included people from Iran, Uzbekistan, China and Norway.</p>.<p>South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning Sunday, saying the government would pay for the medical care of those injured and the funerals of those who died.</p>.<p>"In the centre of Seoul, a tragedy and disaster occurred that should not have happened," Yoon said in a national address.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/scenes-of-horror-in-seoul-after-halloween-stampede-1157818.html" target="_blank">Scenes of horror in Seoul after Halloween stampede</a></strong></p>.<p>The disaster occurred in the capital's Itaewon district, where local reports said as many as 1,00,000 people -- mostly in their teens and 20s -- had gone to celebrate Halloween, clogging the area's narrow alleyways and winding streets.</p>.<p>Of the dead, 97 were female and 54 were male, said Choi Seong-beom, head of the fire department in Yongsan, which includes Itaewon, <em>Yonhap </em>reported.</p>.<p>Choi said 82 people were injured including 19 seriously, although the Ministry of Interior said 150 people had been injured.</p>.<p>The stampede, the deadliest in South Korea's recent history, happened in a narrow downhill alley near Hamilton Hotel, with eyewitnesses describing scenes of panic as people "fell like dominoes", <em>Yonhap </em>reported.</p>.<p>"A short person like me could not even breathe," one female eyewitness told Yonhap.</p>.<p>"It looks like people in the middle suffered the most," she said.</p>