A car has hit pedestrians in Seoul, killing nine people and injuring at least four, South Korean media, citing police and fire officials, has reported.
Police at the scene, near Seoul city hall, declined to give further information.
YTN TV reported that the vehicle had rammed into pedestrians after hitting two other cars.
A police officer was administering CPR to a person on the ground at the site of the accident, according to video provided by a witness to Reuters.
Reports said that the driver, in his late 60s, had said the car suddenly accelerated. Police detained him at the scene.
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