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S Korea police stations raided in probe of Halloween crush deaths

South Korean police officers walk the scene where more than 150 people died and another 150 were injured in Seoul, South Korea, on October 30, 2022 [Lee Jin-man/AP]

South Korean police investigators have raided law enforcement and emergency response offices in the capital, Seoul, as part of an investigation into the deaths of more than 150 people who were crushed to death during Halloween celebrations.

The raids on Wednesday came as demands mounted for South Korean police to explain why they took little action despite receiving multiple emergency calls about dangerous crowd levels up to four hours before a crush killed 156 people on Saturday night.

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