Death toll rises to 156, as authorities admit crowd control measures were inadequate ahead of Halloween disaster in district of Itaewon
Mourners attend a floral tribute on Tuesday near the scene of a crowd crush in Itaewon, Seoul that killed more than 150 people in South Korea on Halloween.Mourners attend a floral tribute on Tuesday near the scene of a crowd crush in Itaewon, Seoul that killed more than 150 people in South Korea on Halloween.First published on Tue 1 Nov 2022 04.46 GMT
Expressing sorrow to bereaved families, he admitted that institutional failures in managing crowds played a role in the disaster, and said the government would work with all ministries, agencies and medical institutions to ensure such problems during spontaneous events never happened again. Interior and safety minister Lee Sang-min later told a parliamentary session: “I deeply apologise to the people to whom the recent accident occurred despite the state bearing infinite responsibility for the people’s safety.”
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