Ex-police chief jailed 3 years over lethal South Korea crowd crush

Seoul –
A South Korean court docket handed a three-year jail time period Monday to a former Seoul district police chief over a crush that killed greater than 150 individuals celebrating Halloween in 2022, the Yonhap information company reported.

Tens of 1000’s of individuals — largely of their 20s and 30s — had been out on Oct. 29, 2022, to benefit from the first post-pandemic Halloween celebrations within the well-liked Itaewon nightlife district.

But the night time turned lethal when individuals poured right into a slender, sloping alleyway between bars and golf equipment, the burden of their our bodies and a scarcity of efficient crowd management resulting in scores of individuals being crushed to demise.