South Korea's Seoul Police Department reported on the evening of the 30th that as of 18:00 that day, another woman died of severe injuries in the Itaewon stampede accident. So far, the number of deaths in the Itaewon stampede accident on the evening of the 29th had risen to 154, and more than 130 others were injured. This is the worst public safety accident in South Korea since the 2014 September sank.
South Korean President Yoon Seo-yeol said in a TV speech on the morning of the 30th that it will focus on the investigation of the incident and the aftermath, and formulate countermeasures to fundamentally prevent the recurrence of tragedy like . South Korean Prime Minister Han De-soo announced on the same day that it would be the "national mourning period" from October 30 to November 5, and the Longshan area where the accident occurred was designated as a "special disaster area". The families of victims in special disaster areas will receive help from pensions, funeral money, etc., and the injured will receive support from subsidies and other subsidies.
According to the Korean Police Department on the 30th, the police have established an investigation headquarters composed of 475 people regarding the stampede accident in Itaewon, which consists of three groups: the scientific investigation team, the victim protection team and the special investigation team. At present, the on-site handling of the stampede accident has come to an end. The police have also grasped the images taken by multiple surveillance lenses located near the accident site and will analyze this. It is understood that the police also mastered the accident scene video posted on social network platforms and re-examined the situation at the time of the accident.
According to South Korean police, the alley where the stampede accident occurred was a slope about 3.2 meters wide and about 45 meters long. When the accident occurred, the entire alley was crowded with people. The part of the stampede accident was about 5.7 meters long. At that time, there were more than 300 people in the space of about 18 square meters. The casualties and injured in this accident were all in this section. According to survivors and witnesses of the stampede accident, the scene was filled with crowds at the time of the accident. I heard someone say "pushing" and some people say "we push harder here." Then there was a situation where the crowd fell like dominoes because they stood on the slope. The dense crowd fell down layer by layer, and the people pressed down were unable to move at all, which eventually led to a tragedy. (Central Channel reporter Zhang Yun)
