SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea's police chief admitted 'a heavy responsibility' for failing to prevent a recent crowd surge that killed more than 150 people during Halloween...
SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea's police chief admitted 'a heavy responsibility' for failing to prevent a recent crowd surge that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in Seoul, saying Tuesday that officers didn't effectively handle earlier emergency calls about the impending disaster.
Yoon said police have subsequently launched an intense internal probe to look deeper into the officers' handling of the emergency calls and other issues like their on-the-spot response to the crowd surge in Itaewon at that night.The disaster — which left at least 156 people dead and 151 others injured — was concentrated in a downhill, narrow alley in Itaewon. Witnesses described people falling on one another, suffering severe breathing difficulties and falling unconscious.
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