Seoul stampede: Fireplace chief shakes as he discusses victims in wake of tragedy
An Australian who survived the tragic crush in Seoul paid tribute to his buddy who died within the stampede on Saturday evening.
In a now deleted TikTok video, Nathan Taverniti spoke of what he referred to as a “sluggish, agonising crush” that grew to become the nation’s worst catastrophe in years.
Grace Rached, 23, had been holidaying within the South Korean capital and would have turned 24 subsequent week.
“It was a sluggish, agonising crush. This crush was not brought on by drunk individuals. It was lack of planning, police pressure and emergency providers,” Mr Taverniti mentioned.
.And no person was prepared to assist. I watched as individuals filmed and sang and laughed whereas my associates had been dying, together with many different individuals.
“I used to be there making an attempt to tug individuals out as a result of there was not sufficient law enforcement officials and no person was doing something to make the group cease.”
A South Korean actor was among the many 154 individuals to die within the Halloween crowd crush in Itaewon. Performing companies confirmed that Lee Ji-han had been killed within the catastrophe.
Crowd management at web site of Halloween crush ‘insufficient’, says South Korea police chief
South Korea’s police chief immediately mentioned that crowd management within the space the place a crush killed greater than 150 party-goers in central Seoul was “insufficient.”
Yoon Hee-keun made the comment at a information briefing televised reside, saying he felt heavy accountability over the incident, the place a surge in Halloween partiers trapped in slender alleys killed 155 individuals and injured one other 152.
Namita Singh1 November 2022 03:20
King Charles sends condolences to South Korea after greater than 150 killed in Seoul stampede
King Charles sends condolences to South Korea after greater than 150 killed in Seoul stampede
Sam Rkaina1 November 2022 02:59
How Seoul Halloween crush that killed 154 and injured 149 unfolded in actual time
South Korea is in a one-week shock mourning after the nation’s residents witnessed one of many worst disasters that occurred in a single day in years and brought about the deaths of 154 individuals and leaving virtually as many injured.
An evening that was imagined to be a stress-free celebration of Halloween after two years of pandemic restrictions within the streets of Seoul led as an alternative to an enormous pile-up that prompted the nation’s prime minister Han Duck-soo to announce a stringent probe into the evening’s occasions.
The crush occurred when a large 100,000-plus crowd of revellers on Saturday flocked for festivities within the district of Itaewon in Seoul – a metropolis recognized for its powerful residing situations and punishing, cramped residing and public areas for its residents.
Joe Middleton1 November 2022 01:59
Seoul stampede: Densely packed crowd surges in Halloween celebration occasion
Seoul stampede: Densely packed crowd surges in Halloween celebration occasion
Joe Middleton1 November 2022 00:59
Seoul crowd crush survivor says ‘individuals filmed whereas my associates had been dying’
An Australian survivor of the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul has instructed of how individuals filmed, sang and laughed whereas his associates had been dying.
Not less than 154 individuals are believed to have died within the Itaewon stampede on Saturday, whereas 132 others are reported to have been injured, together with 37 in critical situation, amid fears this quantity will rise within the coming days.
These killed or harm had been largely youngsters and folks of their twenties, based on Choi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul‘s Yongsan hearth division.
Joe Middleton31 October 2022 23:59
Seoul stampede: Fireplace chief shakes as he discusses victims in wake of tragedy
Seoul stampede: Fireplace chief shakes as he discusses victims in wake of tragedy
Joe Middleton31 October 2022 22:58
Empty streets in nightlife district as metropolis mourns
The streets of Itaewon had been just about empty for Halloween tonight, as the town mourns the scores of people that misplaced their lives on the weekend.
Lots of these within the lethal crowd crush had been out to have fun the festivities early on Saturday evening when tragedy ensued.
Retailers have closed and concert events cancelled because the nation enters a interval of nationwide mourning.
Sam Rkaina31 October 2022 21:54
Pictured: mourners react close to the scene of the tragic crush in Seoul
Joe Middleton31 October 2022 20:17
King Charles sends condolences to South Korea after greater than 150 killed in Seoul stampede
King Charles sends condolences to South Korea after greater than 150 killed in Seoul stampede
Joe Middleton31 October 2022 19:12
How Seoul Halloween crush that killed 154 and injured 149 unfolded in actual time
South Korea is in a one-week shock mourning after the nation’s residents witnessed one of many worst disasters that occurred in a single day in years and brought about the deaths of 154 individuals and leaving virtually as many injured.
An evening that was imagined to be a stress-free celebration of Halloween after two years of pandemic restrictions within the streets of Seoul led as an alternative to an enormous pile-up that prompted the nation’s prime minister Han Duck-soo to announce a stringent probe into the evening’s occasions.
The crush occurred when a large 100,000-plus crowd of revellers on Saturday flocked for festivities within the district of Itaewon in Seoul – a metropolis recognized for its powerful residing situations and punishing, cramped residing and public areas for its residents.
Joe Middleton31 October 2022 18:02