Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed deep anguish over the loss of lives during a rush at a Halloween event in South Korea’s Seoul on Saturday night. A tweet posted by the Indian delegacy in South Korea said, “ Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his letter to Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has expressed deep anguish at the woeful loss of lives at history’s rush incident in Seoul. ” The delegacy added that PM Modi also conveyed his sincere condolences to the musketeers and families who lost their loved bones

Before the Prime Minister, foreign minister S Jaishankar on Sunday condoled the loss of lives at the Halloween rush in Seoul.” Our condolences to the families of those who lost their dear bonesWe stand in solidarity with the Republic of Korea during this delicate time, ” Jaishankar twittered on Sunday.A aggregate of 153 people have been killed and 133 have been injured in the rush at the Itaewon area in Seoul so far.

On Saturday night, an estimated,000 people had gathered in Itaewon for the country’s biggest out-of-door Halloween fests since the onset of the Covid epidemic. The rush passed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, trapping and crushing a mass of people. utmost of the actors in the Halloween event were in their teens or twenties.

South Korea’s foreign minister said on Sunday that the departed included at least 26 foreign citizens from 14 countries. On Monday, Prime Minister Han Duck soo promised a thorough disquisition into the rush. Han added that his government would make necessary changes to help such an accident from passing again, news agency Reuters reported.