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Contents. Seoul Halloween crowd crush. On 29 October 2022, around 22:20, a crowd surge occurred during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea. According to the South Korean government, 159 people were killed and 196 others were injured. The death toll includes two people who died after the crush. Itaewon has long been a popular place to celebrate Halloween, especially as the holiday became more popular in Asia in recent years. Some even fly into Seoul from other countries in the region for Lee Im-jae, former chief of the Yongsan police station, which oversees safety in Itaewon, is one of multiple officers to be prosecuted for failing to adequately prepare for the huge Halloween crowds. Kim Kwang-ho has been found not guilty of negligence that led to the deaths of 159 revellers in the 2022 tragedy. of 29 October 2022 were young people celebrating Halloween in Itaewon, known According to police emergency call logs, multiple calls were made as early as four hours before the tragedy unfolded, as the crowd in Seoul’s buzzy nightlife district Itaewon became so packed The Itaewon tragedy is the worst peacetime disaster in South Korea since the Sewol ferry sank off and in the absence of detailed information about the victims among the Halloween tragedy, many The Itaewon tragedy is the worst peacetime disaster in South Korea since the Sewol ferry sank off the country’s Itaewon’s Halloween celebrations had been more subdued in recent years amid Itaewon crowd crush: Horror as more than 150 die in Seoul district. At least 153 people have died in a crush as huge Halloween crowds surged into a narrow street in South Korea's capital, Seoul After more than 150 people died in a deadly crush in Seoul on Saturday night, the BBC looks at how the tragedy unfolded. Thousands of mainly young people had converged in Itaewon in the centre of Massive crowds gathered in Seoul's Itaewon district for the first Halloween festivities in 3 years. But the revelry ended in tragedy in one of its narrow, steep alleys, with 156 killed and 172 “For me, Halloween and the Itaewon tragedy are (inextricably) linked,” she said. “It’s impossible to see reminders everywhere and not think about the death of friends that night.” Halloween festivities in Seoul, South Korea, became a nightmare after a stampede broke out in the capital city's Itaewon district. At least 149 people were killed and 76 others injured. At least 156 people are known to have died in Saturday's tragic Halloween crush in a popular nightlife district of the South Korean capital, Seoul. Most of the victims were in their 20s and there “For me, Halloween and the Itaewon tragedy are (inextricably) linked,” she said. “It’s impossible to see reminders everywhere and not think about the death of friends that night.” Adding to the tragedy, but had recently shed some of his baby weight after putting in hours at the gym and was set on spending Halloween weekend in Itaewon, his family said. His grandmother The tragedy happened, but no one is responsible,” Kim Eun-mi said. accused of destroying an internal report about the risks stemming from a large crowd gathering in Itaewon during Halloween “My last Halloween in Itaewon was 2019, and the crowd was nowhere near that large ,” she said. While the government continues investigating the tragedy — one of the worst peacetime Lee Im-jae, former chief of the Yongsan police station, which oversees safety in Itaewon, is one of multiple officers to be prosecuted for failing to adequately prepare for the huge Halloween crowds. For years, officials had known that Halloween weekends in Itaewon, On the day of the tragedy, 4,700 were deployed along the road from downtown Seoul to the president’s office, less than a How the Seoul Halloween tragedy unfolded. Itaewon Halloween crowd crush. South Korea. Seoul. Related. Seoul police chief acquitted over Halloween crush. 3 days ago. Asia.
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