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Nov 3, 2022 · Published Nov. 3, 2022. The Itaewon district in South Korea’s capital is known to revelers as a place of fun, freedom and openness. But its narrow, steep streets and constrained access points...
- Manas Sharma
- Where Did It Happen?
- How Did Some Survive This Tragedy?
- What Response Have We Seen So Far?
- How Do Crowd Crushes Become Deadly?
- How Do People Survive A Crowd Crush?
Around 100,000 people had gathered in Itaewon, an expat-friendly district known for its trendy bars, clubs and restaurants. Shortly after 10.20pm, the crush began in the narrow, sloping alleyways near the Hamilton Hotel, which is a major party spot in Seoul. While it's not yet clear what led the crowd to surge, the nearby narrow streets acted as a ...
Social media footage showed hundreds of people who couldn't move as emergency officials and police tried to pull them free. One survivor in his 20s said he avoided being trampled by managing toget into a barwhose door was open in the alley, Yonhap news agency reported. A woman in her 20s, surnamed Park, told Yonhap that she and others were standing...
South Korea's PresidentYoon Suk-yeol has declared a period of national mourning. And more than 1,700 emergency services personnelfrom across the country have been sent to the site, including about 520 firefighters, 1,100 police officers and 70 government workers. Ms Rached's family has paid tribute to their "gorgeous angel", who they said always ma...
Authorities in South Korea say they're still investigating the exact cause of the latest tragedy. Before this, the deadliest crushing disaster in South Korea's history was at a pop concert in 2005, where 11 people were killed and around 60 others were injured. Concerts and sporting events are locations where deadly crowd crushes happen the most, du...
Survivors tell stories of gasping for breath, being pushed deeper under what feels like an avalanche of flesh as others, desperate to escape, climb over them. Mehdi Moussaid, a researcher specialising in crowd behaviour at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, gave some tips to The Conversation after the Astroworld disaster: 1. Look aroun...
Nov 4, 2022 · South Korea’s police chief has admitted that crowd control that night was inadequate. Police sent just 137 officers to handle a crowd upwards of 100,000. Even Kim, the sergeant, was not supposed ...
Nov 2, 2022 · The pair were in a bar and tried to leave at about 23:00 when they saw ambulances trying to enter the alley and police asking people to move to make way for dead bodies and the injured.
Seoul Halloween crowd crush. Around 22:20 on 29 October 2022, a crowd surge occurred during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea. According to the South Korean government, 159 people were killed and 196 others were injured.
Incident in an Alley is a 1962 American neo noir crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Chris Warfield, Erin O'Donnell and Harp McGuire. The film's premise rests on a legal precedent that police may use force against fleeing suspects if the suspect has committed a crime and is warned of the officer's intent to shoot.
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Oct 29, 2022 · The crush appears to have started in a narrow, sloped alleyway that was overcrowded with people. Pictures and videos on social media show the alley was so densely packed, people were unable...
