One Thai dies as another recounts her Halloween nightmare in Seoul

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People look at the scene there the October 29 Halloween stampede occured in the capital’s popular Itaewon district in Seoul on October 30, 2022. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

A Thai tourist is confirmed to have died in the Halloween stampede in South Korea, Royal Thai Embassy in Seoul confirmed today (Sunday). No further information on the fatality is available at the time of this report.

 

Another Thai tourist, identified as Laksamika Deeprasai, expressed her shock at seeing large numbers of people dying right in front of her during the stampede incident in the Itaewon area in Seoul of South Korea last night (Saturday).

 

Laksamika explained to Thai PBS reporters that, at about 10pm local time in South Korea, she was about to meet her friend when she found that the alley was extremely crowded. She said she felt the pressure of people on both sides as she walked down the middle of the alley.

 

As the alley is on a hill, she explained that, if one person falls over, other people will fall over each other, which led to people suffocating and dying.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/one-thai-dies-as-another-recounts-her-halloween-nightmare-in-seoul/

 

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[tandor]

Lemming Syndrome.  RIP

[Sandboxer]

RIP young lady.

 

 

[Lazybones]

Same as happened in Hong Kong some years ago. Tourist area, on a hill, narrow lane.

[John Drake]

Avoid crowds.