let's speak to hosu lee. he's a bbc video journalist in seoul and is at the scene for us now.ful dues coming to us of the number of people killed. can you tell us more about how this happened?— you tell us more about how this hauened? , happened? first, we can confirm the number. happened? first, we can confirm the number- 120 — happened? first, we can confirm the number. 120 people _ happened? first, we can confirm the number. 120 people have _ happened? first, we can confirm the number. 120 people have died, - happened? first, we can confirm the number. 120 people have died, the l number. 120 people have died, the fire departmentjust reported. i arrived a couple of hours ago and when i arrived there was a lot of steel bodies, rules of steel bodies, more than a dozen being carried one by one into the ambulances. we have seen other people on social media putting up footage of personnel doing cpr. so far at the fire department has briefed. we don't know what the cause was. i have talked to a few injured who were approaching the main clubbing and party area. they saw a huge crow

the bbc video journalist hosu lee was also close to the scene of the tragedy in seoul. a couple of hours ago and there were still rows of bodies, more than a dozen, and they were being carried one by one into the ambulances. we have seen other people on social media, footage showing emergency personnel doing cpr. so far, the fire department briefing that happened just now, we still don't know the exact cause. i have talked to a few victims lightly injured who were approaching the main clubbing party area, and they saw a huge crowd rushing back, they were caught in, and one of their legs were broken and they were all very shocked. they also don't know exactly what happened. halloween celebrations—wise, this is one of the bigger ones, the past couple of years because of covid wasn't able to do as much, so this year was seen to be particularly big. halloween is not necessarily celebrated nationwide, but in this district as a foreigner, more parties, clubbing, restaurant and bars district, a lot of young people would gather to enjoy halloween wearing costumes, so a lot of p

. - earlier i spoke to bbc video journalist hosu lee, who was at the scene in seoul.ours ago and when i arrived there were what a lot of what seems to be bodies by the dozen, being taken to cabinet is. we've seen social media showing masses of emergency personnel doing cpr. so far the fire department briefed. we don't know what the cause was. i encountered a few injured victims who were approaching the main clubbing party area and then they saw a huge crowd rushing, they were caught and one person's legs were broken and they were very shocked. they also don't know exactly what happened. you mentioned that this is an — exactly what happened. you mentioned that this is an area _ exactly what happened. you mentioned that this is an area where _ exactly what happened. you mentioned that this is an area where many - that this is an area where many people had congregated, had come for a celebration. what was happening in the area this evening? this a celebration. what was happening in the area this evening?— the area this evening? this is not necessarily _ the area this eve

earlier, we heard from a bbc videojournalist, hosu lee, who was at the scene in seoul.ouple of hours ago and when i arrived there were still a lot of what seemed to be still bodies, roads of steel bodies, at least more than a dozen, carried one by one into ambulances. we have seen other people on social media, footage showing masses of people, emergency personnel doing cpr. so far the fire department briefed thatjust happened now, we don't know the exact cause, i have talked to a few injured victims, slightly injured, who are approaching the main clubbing party area, and they saw a huge crowd rushing back in, they were caught in and one of the person's legs were broken and they are all very shocked, but they also don't know exactly what happened. halloween celebration wise, this is doubly one of the biggest ones because the past couple of years because of covid wasn't able to expand this much. this year seem to be particularly big, halloween isn't necessarily elevated nationwide but in this district as a foreigner, more party, clubbing restaurant bars and district and a

hosu lee is a bbc videojournalist in seoul and he spoke to us from the scene.about an hour ago. i heard about the news, i came over. and what i saw was a lot of ambulances. thousands of crowds. and i did see a lot of still bodies. we can't tell if... there are reports on the news that says there are at least, like, 50 or more arrests. what i saw was still bodies covered in blue sheets. there are a lot of medical staff, a lot of ambulances. they were taking them, taking the bodies away one by one. obviously, there was a tonne of crowd and a tonne of police around them. i talked to a few people around. none of them were exactly sure what exactly happened. some people expected a stampede. it seems to be what happened, from inside a building or a club, they are dragging people out on the street. but there is also footage that i saw recently of people, like, being crushed on the street, but it's still not clear what exactly happened. it is the main saturday night hallowe'en weekend. while holidays aren't that big in south korea, this is the more foreign culture dist