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Katie Weston

Fire chief's hand trembles as he says most Halloween crush victims were 'in teens or 20s'

A fire chief was filmed trembling as he gave a press briefing in the wake of a Halloween crush that claimed over 150 lives in the South Korean capital of Seoul.

Officials have updated the death toll to 153, with dozens more injured, in one of the country's deadliest tragedies last night.

In the hours after the devastating incident, Chief of Yongsan Fire Department Choi Seong-beom was seen shaking as he held up a microphone to say the victims were mostly aged in their teens and 20s.

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