The mourning period will run through Nov. 5, President Yoon Suk-yeol said.
President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks in the briefing room of the Presidential Office in Seoul on October 30, 2022, after a Halloween stampede late October 29 killed at least 149 people. - At least 149 people were killed and scores more were injured in a stampede at a packed Halloween event in central Seoul late on October 29, officials said, in one of South Korea's worst peacetime accidents.
People watch a television news programme broadcasting live footage of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol delivering a speech on the deadly Halloween stampede, at a railway station in Seoul on October 30, 2022. - At least 149 people were killed and scores more were injured in a stampede at a packed Halloween event in central Seoul late on October 29, officials said, in one of South Korea's worst peacetime accidents. The incident was reported Saturday night at around 10:20 p.m.
"Because the whole street in front of me was just people lying down on the floor, and I could see my friend's hand, and I grabbed her hand and said, 'I'm going to get you out,' but she already wasn't breathing," Taverniti told ABC News. World leaders have offered their condolences and messages of support following the South Korea tragedy. President Joe Biden extended his sympathies Saturday on behalf of himself and first lady Jill Biden.
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