Two South Koreans died and several others, including foreign athletes participating in the World Aquatics Championships, were injured when an upper floor of a nightclub collapsed in the southern city of Gwangju early on Saturday, a fire department official said.
At least 10 people were injured when the structure collapsed on top of revellers around 2 a.m. local time (1700 GMT Friday), pinning people underneath, the Gwangju Fire Department official said. The official did not give an exact number of how many athletes were among those injured.
Gwangju, about 330 kilometers south of the capital Seoul, has been hosting the championships, which feature swimming, water polo and diving, over the past fortnight. The meet finishes on July 28.
Authorities said eight foreign athletes were injured - three Americans, two New Zealanders, one Dutch, one Italian and one Brazilian, and that there was not a diving athlete, according to Seoul's Yonhap news agency.
But the head of Gwangju western fire station, Kim Young-don, confirmed that those hurt included one female American diving athlete and one male American water polo player.
source: news.abs-cbn.com
