The latest official report has raised the number of deaths to 156 and the number of injuries to 151 as a result of the human stampede that occurred on Saturday night in the capital of South Korea, whose prime minister has admitted the lack of protocols to prevent the tragedy.
The transcripts of the eleven emergency calls made in the hours and minutes before the human stampede that Saturday night left in seoulat a Halloween party, a stock of more than 150 people dead, have revealed the tension of some of those attending it due to the danger they felt, which led them to request an urgent police intervention. In fact, the first call was made until four hours before the stampedewhose latest official report has raised 156 the number of deaths and 151 the number of injuries in the capital of South Korea, where the prime minister, Han Duk-soo, has admitted the lack of protocols to avoid tragedy.
The head of the National Police Agency (NPA), Yoon Hee-keun, has admitted that the control at the party was not adequate, and has specified that they received multiple notices about possible accidents on Saturday night. In this sense, the Prime Minister, Han Duk-soo, has also recognized today the absence of protocols in the country to avoid the human avalanche, while promising that the Government of South Korea will promote “regulatory changes” to create a system that prevents such an event from happening again.
Along these lines, Han has also asked for time to investigate everything surrounding the incident, which occurred when around 100,000 people celebrated Halloween in the Itaewon nightlife neighborhood in Seoul, the South Korean capital.
It is still unknown if the Yongsan City Council, the district to which Itaewon belongs, or the Police Department of this demarcation had warned at some point about the lack of troops to handle a number of public such as the one that could gather in the party.
As a result of what happened, two other women, two young South Koreans aged 21 and 24, have died this Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the event to 156. There are still fears for the lives of another 29 people injured. serious. According to the latest update, 111 injured have returned home.
Source: Eitb
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