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Seoul Halloween: Almost everyone who died in the Seoul crush has been identified, police says

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The identities of nearly all those killed in an apparent crowd surge in Seoul’s popular nightclub district Itaewon on Saturday have been confirmed, according to Seoul Metropolitan Police.

Police confirmed the identities of 150 people killed on Sunday, according to CNN.

The disaster claimed the lives of 153 people.

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The three unidentified bodies are all young women whose nationalities have yet to be confirmed, they added.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government had said they had received 4,024 missing person reports as of 5 p.m. local time (4 a.m. ET), though some of these reports could relate to the same people.

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Police said there is no active search for those reported missing as they believe no one went missing from the scene. They said thousands of missing person reports have been used to help identify those killed in the incident.

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