The first Halloween festivities since 2019 and the Covid-19 pandemic had attracted nearly 100,000 people in Itaewon, a festive district of the center of the South Korean capital.
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The South Korean President, Yoon Seok-Youl, declared, Sunday October 30, during an address to the nation a national mourning with immediate effect in tribute to the victims of the tragic stampede of Halloween in the district D ‘Itaewon in Seoul. According to the latest assessment given in the early morning of the same day, the drama left at least 151 dead including 19 foreigners, and dozens of injured. Two hundred and seventy calls to report disappearances had been identified by the city authorities.
In his address, Mr. Yoon deplored a “tragic” event that “should never have happened”: “My heart is heavy and I fight to overcome my sorrow.” He promised to “do everything to that this does not happen again “.
“This is an unprecedented drama. We must precision the cause of the accident,” wrote the leader of the popular power, Chung Jin-Suk on Facebook. The leader of the Democratic Party (opposition), Lee Jae-Myung, said he was “shocked and devastated. We have to focus on the rapid identification of victims and support for bereaved families, as well as the recovery of wounded people” . The mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-Hoon, shortened his tour started on October 21 in Europe. 2> “Most of the victims are about twenty years old”
The first Halloween festivities since 2019 and the COVVI-19 pandemic had attracted, on Saturday, nearly 100,000 people in Itaewon-this festive district of the center of the South Korean capital, which developed thanks to The proximity of an American base today closed, is very frequented by foreigners. All flocked in the narrow and steep alleys behind the Hamilton hotel, the famous entry point in the neighborhood. This is where the assessment is the heaviest.
According to the chronology established by the firefighters, the first calls for help were issued at 10:24 p.m. Four emergency vehicles were dispatched to the scene three minutes later. Then the alerts went on. At 11:50 p.m., the emergency services of Incheon, a city west of Seoul, and Gyeonggi, a neighboring province of the capital, were asked and intervened. Also, 848 rescuers, including 346 firefighters, were mobilized. The Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Cho Kyo-Hong, arrived at the scene at 1:40 a.m. on Sunday.
The balance sheet quickly increased, going from around fifty people in cardiac arrest at 2 am to 151 dead at 7 am. “Most victims are about twenty years old,” said Choi Seong-Beom, firefighters of the Yongsan district, on which Itaewon depends and where the South Korean presidency is.
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