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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Hyonhee Shin

South Korea police official found dead amid scrutiny over Halloween crush

FILE PHOTO: People mourn at a group memorial for the victims of the crowd crush that happened during Halloween festivities, at Seoul City Hall Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

A South Korean police official being investigated over the deadly Halloween crush was found dead at his home in Seoul on Friday, the Yonhap news agency reported.

The Oct. 29 crush killed 156 people and injured another 198, mostly in their twenties and thirties, when revellers flooded narrow alleyways in the popular nightlife district of Itaewon to celebrate the first COVID mask-free Halloween festivities in three years.

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