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Deadly Seoul crush blamed on ‘negligence’

A woman looks at messages of mourning and condolence left at the scene of a crowd crush that killed more than 150 people in Seoul on Oct 29 last year. (Photo: Reuters)

SEOUL: South Korean police on Friday blamed negligence and planning failures for the 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 Oct 29 in the capital’s popular Itaewon nightlife area.

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