Emergency calls reveal growing desperation before South Korea Halloween crush

A general view of the site of a stampede that happened during Halloween festivities in Seoul, South Korea, October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - Transcripts of the 11 emergency calls made in the hours and minutes before a Halloween party crush killed more than 150 people in Seoul reveal the growing fear of revellers and how they had urged the police to intervene.

The transcripts of emergency calls released by the police showed the first warning of a possible deadly surge was made at 6:34 p.m. on Saturday, roughly four hours before the crush turned deadly.