Seoul, the Halloween massacre: at least 156 dead, 133 injured and hundreds of people are missing
The balance of the victims of the massacre of Halloween to Seoulaccording to reports from Reuters sources and the Yonhap agency, it rose to 156. While the number of people injured is 133, of which 37 seriously. Although many hours have passed since the tragedy, it still remains unanswered the question on how such a disaster could have occurred in an area of the capital, Itaewonknown for its lively nightlife.
It is not clear what triggered the panic and the crowd in which the young people were crushed and suffocated crowded for the celebrations, but the authorities had high numbers for the evening.We wonder why there were no interventions therefore of the disaster, limiting in real time the entrances to Itaewon or even making people flow out when it was now understood that the streets of the well-known district were overcrowded beyond limitations.
Lee Sang-min, Interior Ministerexplained that “a considerable number“The police and security forces had been sent last night to another area of the city, Gwanghwamun, where demonstrations were planned as in Itaewon the situation was believed to be under scrutiny. The South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, for his part, has in-depth investigations and new measures to ensure that such a tragedy does not repeat itself and announced a period of national struggle and ordered to lower the flags. Yoon addressed the nation live from the presidential office. “It’s really awful,” he said, adding that “Saturday’s tragedy must never happen and happen“.
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