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Second Australian dead after Seoul Halloween crowd surge

A second Australian has lost their life to injuries sustained during mass-casualty Halloween celebration in South Korea last month.

The New Daily · Nov 15, 2022

Seoul police headquarters raided after crowd surge deaths

A team of special investigators has raided the headquarters of the Seoul police force, a move that comes as authorities released records of frantic emergency calls warning that crowds of partygoers were growing dangerously large in the hours before a crush that killed at least 156 people.

Bangkok Post · Nov 2, 2022

Desperate calls for help came hours before the Seoul crowd surge turned deadly

"It looks like people will be squashed to death," said a person who called police nearly three hours before the first fatality. On Wednesday, the team investigating the incident raided Seoul police.

WEKU · Nov 2, 2022

Police admit responsibility in deadly Seoul Halloween crush

South Korea's police chief has taken responsibility for failing to prevent a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people on Halloween.

The New Daily · Nov 1, 2022

South Korea police admit response to Halloween crowd surge was inadequate

South Korea’s police chief admitted "a heavy responsibility" for failing to prevent a recent crowd surge that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in Seoul, saying Tuesday that officers didn’t effectively handle earlier emergency calls about the impending disaster.

France 24 · Nov 1, 2022

S. Korea police admit responsibility for Halloween tragedy

South Korea’s police chief has admitted a responsibility for failing to prevent a recent crowd surge that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in Seoul

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022