The victims were crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities near the Hamilton Hotel in the Itaewon area.Follow live updates: Death toll rises after crush during Halloween festivitiesChoi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul's Yongsan fire department, said the death toll could rise, with 150 people injured and a number of them in critical condition in hospital.Hundreds of emergency services personnel were deployed to the streets to treat the injured, including all available personnel in Seoul.Seoul's mayor Oh Se-hoon was visiting Europe, but decided to return home following the news.Local media said around 100,000 people headed to Itaewon for the Halloween festivities, which were the biggest in years following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in recent months."