
Shoes retrieved by police from the scene are displayed in a badminton court in Seoul
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Hundreds of pairs of shoes have been lined up in a South Korean gym following the deadly Halloween crowd surge, in the hopes that owners or victims’ loved ones will retrieve them.
Many of the abandoned shoes, including trainers, loafers and boots, appear muddy and scuffed, a sobering reminder of the force of Saturday’s stampede in Itaewon that killed 156 young partygoers. Some have been stained with blood.