At least 146 people have been killed in a stampede amongst Halloween crowds in Seoul.
Officials said the death toll in the South Korean capital had risen to 146, with 150 others injured, in one of the country's deadliest tragedies on Saturday evening.
CPR was administered in the middle of busy streets after the horrifying crush.
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Photos from Asian media show body bags strewn across the street and citizens desperately trying to help the victims and injured lying on the roads.
The cause of the crush in the Itaewon region has not yet been identified.
A large number of people were found in a narrow alleyway near the hub of the popular area.
Local media reports earlier said crowds had rushed to a nearby bar after hearing that an unidentified celebrity was visiting.
One unnamed witness described seeing people crushed to death in the stampede.
They told the Yonghang news agency: "People were layered on top of others like a tomb.
"Some were gradually losing their consciousness while some looked dead by that point."
Another witness, 22-year-old Song Sehyun, was jammed in the narrow alley two hours before the crush happened - but became so scared that he decided to go home.
He told CNN: "I saw people going to the left side, and I saw a person getting to the opposite side, so actually the person in the middle, they got jammed and they had no way to communicate.
"They couldn't breathe."
An unnamed mum said her daughter and others were trapped for more than an hour before being pulled from the crush of people in the alley.
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