South Korean police are seeking criminal charges, including manslaughter and negligence, against 23 officials, approx half of are law enforcement officers, for loss of safety The procedures they said they were responsible for A large crowd killed approximately 160 people.
Although the weekend crowd is expected of more Over 100,000, Seoul Police has assigned 137 officers to the nightlife district of the capital’s Itaewon on Today of crush. Focus these officers on drug control use And violent crime that experts say left Little resources for pedestrian safety.
Son Ji Han, who He headed the National Police Agency special Accident investigation, Friday team The status will now be sent to prosecutors. recommended ones for The indictment includes Park Hee-youngMayor of Yongsan district in Seoul, the area former Police Chief Lee MJ – Two of the six who He was arrested.
me has also accuse of Forging a police report to hide the deceased arrival to the scene. Two more police officers were arrested over suspicions that they tried to do destroy computer Files and other possible evidence associated with the incident.
the results of 74 days of police investigation announced By Ibn mostly confirmed what was already clear – That’s the police public Officials in Yongsan failed To use effective crowd control measures for expected numbers of Halloween revelers have ignored pedestrian calls to police hotlines that warn of Puffy crowd hours before turning the boom deadly on Oct. 28.
Administrators also Failed their response once people began to overthrow him over and crush it in Narrow alley clogged with Those present near the Hamilton Hotel around 10 p.m. failed to establish effective control of landscape f allow Rescue workers reach the wounded in said the son.
(Their judgment) is inaccurate of Mode, slow distribution of information About the situation, poor cooperation between relevant institutions and delays in Rescue operations were among the intertwined failures caused slew of injuries,” Sun said in a statement news conspiracy in flood.
man-made disaster
the son said to him team He questioned approximately 540 people and collected 14,000 items of Directory of central and municipal government offices and transport authorities. He said police investigators studied more More than 180 video files have been recorded on Security cameras or taken by journalists and pedestrians jointly inspect the scene with Forensic experts for density analysis of crowd.
Police said the crowd packed into the corridor.like The alley between the hotel and the bushy row of The storefronts grew into an unstoppable wave around 9 p.m. with people Their inability to dictate their movement once they drift off in. around 10:15 p.m., people It started dripping and falling off on one else like Dominos leading to the tragedy that resulted in 158 deaths and 196 injuries.
analysis of Safety camera Footage and simulations conducted by the National Forensic Service indicate that the crowd density in the alley was about eight people per square meter (yard) around 10:15 p.m., the density had grown to eight to nine people occupy the same unit of space like of 10:20 p.m. and around 9 to 11 people like of 10:25 p.m., police said.
Paramedics struggled to get to the scene because area It was very overcrowded. Those who They arrived they were so overwhelmed of people Lying motionless on The land they asked the walkers to help With them perform CPR. Most of deaths were caused Police said it was due to suffocation or brain damage.
It is unclear whether the results of A police investigation will be enough to quell public anger and demands for government accountability As the country continues to adapt with Its worst disaster in Almost a decade.
opposition MPs and some relatives of The victims demanded an investigation more Prominent personalities, such as Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min and Commissioner-General of the National Police Agency Yoon Hee-kyun, who You have faced Calls to resign.
However, the son said special Investigation team Its sensors will be closed on The Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the National Police Agency, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government, saying it was difficult to pinpoint their direct responsibility.
Some experts describe admiration in Itaewon is a “man-made disaster” that could have been prevented with Quite simple stepssuch as employment more police and public workers to monitor suffocation pointsduty one-way walk Corridors, blocking narrow lanes or temporarily closing the Itaewon MRT station to prevent large numbers of people moving in The same direction.
