The latest official report has increased the number killed to 156 and injured to 151 as a result of the human stampede that took place Saturday night in South Korea’s capital, which the prime minister has admitted there are no protocols to the tragedy.
The transcripts of the 11 emergency calls made in the hours and minutes before the human stampede departed that Saturday night seoulat a Halloween party, stock of more than 150 people dead, have revealed the tension of some attendees over the danger they felt, prompting them to request an urgent police intervention. In fact, the first call was made until four hours before the stampedewhose latest official report has put forward 156 the number of dead and 151 injured in South Korea’s capital, where Prime Minister Han Duk-soo lack of protocols to avoid tragedy.
The head of the National Police Services (NPA), Yoon Hee-keun, has admitted that the control of the party was not adequate and indicated that he received several reports on Saturday evening about possible accidents. In that sense, Prime Minister Han Duk-soo also today acknowledged the lack of protocols in the country to prevent the human avalanche while promising that the government of South Korea will promote “regulatory changes” to create a create a system that prevents such an event from happening again.
In this sense, Han has also asked for time to investigate everything surrounding the incident, which took place when about 100,000 people celebrated Halloween in the Itaewon entertainment district in Seoul, the South Korean capital.
It is still not known whether the Yongsan City Council, the district to which Itaewon belongs, or the police department of this demarcation at some point warned about the lack of troops to deal with some people, such as the one who could gather in the party. .
As a result of what happened, two other women, two young South Koreans, ages 21 and 24, died on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the event to 156. There are still fears for the lives of another 29 injured. According to the latest update, 111 injured have returned home.
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Source: EITB
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