SEOUL — South Korean police on Friday (Jan 13) blamed negligence and planning failures for last year's Halloween crowd crush in Seoul that killed more than 150 people.
Scores of young costumed partygoers, mostly women in their 20s, died in the disaster on October 29 in the capital's popular Itaewon nightlife area.
"Appropriate measures were not taken even after receiving rescue requests" on the day of the disaster, he said. He told the Yonhap news agency that it was disappointing — but predictable — that top officials including the interior minister and Seoul's mayor had not been investigated.Mr Sohn said the area had become very crowded from 5pm on the day of the incident, hours before the disaster unfolded.
Six people have been arrested due to the probe — including Lee Im-jae, the former head of the Yongsan Police Station, which oversees Itaewon, and Park Hee-young, the head of the Yongsan district office.
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