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South Korean police investigated on Monday what caused a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people including 26 foreigners during Halloween festivities in Seoul in the country’s worst disaster in years, as President Yoon Suk Yeol and tens of thousands of others paid respects to the dead at special mourning sites. Saturday’s disaster was…
Police have begun investigating exactly why the crowd of partygoers surged out of control, killing more than 150 people.
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Officials in Seoul, South Korea, said that at least two Americans were among the 26 foreigners that died on Saturday night's stampede.
Officials said they are trying to find exactly when and where the crowd surge started and how it developed.
Anne Gieske, 20, posted a smiling selfie with Steven Blesi, also 20, during a hike at Hallasan volcano just hours before they were killed in the crush on October 29.