Seoul Halloween stampede: Death toll rises to 153, 19 identified as foreigners

The death toll in the horrific Seoul Halloween stampede rose to 153, with 19 of them identified as foreigners, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. (Picture credits: Reuters)

Rescue team members move a body at the scene where dozens of people were injured in a stampede during a Halloween festival in Seoul. (Picture credits: Reuters)

A man receives medical help at the scene where dozens of people were injured in a stampede. (Picture credits: Reuters)

People comfort each other after a stampede at a packed Halloween event in central Seoul. (Picture credits: AFP)

Revellers gather in the neighbourhood of Itaewon in Seoul near to the location of a Halloween stampede (Picture credits: AFP)

A police crime scene investigator carries a plastic bag as she walks from the alley in which a Halloween stampede took place. (Picture credits: AFP)

An ambulance drives past the area of a Halloween crush. (Picture credits: AFP)

Blood is seen among belongings of victims at the scene where many people died and were injured in a stampede during a Halloween festival. (Picture credits: Reuters)

Partygoers walk by ambulances at the scene where dozens of people were injured in a stampede. ( Picture credits: Reuters)

Rescue team and firefighters work at a scene where dozens of people were injured in a stampede. (Picture credits: Reuters)

South Korean President walks towards the scene where many people died and were injured in a stampede (Picture credits: Reuters)