‘Absolutely avoidable’: Police did not respond to 11 calls warning them that Saturday’s crowded Itaewon festivities were becoming deadly. itaewon seoul
They came to Itaewon to get carried away by loud music, bright lights and racy costumes after three years of living quietly through a pandemic. Instead, they left behind 250 pairs of shoes, 124 bags and more than 150 bodies in alleyways in central Seoul.
“Local authorities were not on stand-by and left innocent people helpless, despite knowing there was an excessive amount of people in the streets with nowhere to go.”National Police Commissioner General Yoon Hee-keun confirmed on Tuesday that there were multiple reports “indicating the seriousness at the site just before the accident occurred” but the first emergency message telling people to avoid the area was not sent until close to midnight.
“It’s like a road that has heavy traffic. It’s moving in four lanes, and all of a sudden, one of the lanes is gone,” he said. “This is a very simple red flag that would have come up in risk assessment had it been done properly.” The Korean opposition, the Democratic Party, has called for the police chief and the interior minister to be sacked.Australian Nathan Taverniti.“Bad design, lack of planning and lack of monitoring. That’s a combination that you really want to avoid,” he said.
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