"Foreigners only" notice at the Hamilton Hotel in Itaewon, 2007 A special police team, after completing weeks of investigation, concluded that a lack of safety precautions and other omissions contributed to the high number of deaths.īackground History of the district
It is the deadliest crowd crush in the country, surpassing a 1959 incident at the Pusan Municipal Stadium in which 67 people were crushed to death. The crowd crush is the deadliest disaster in South Korea since the sinking of MV Sewol in 2014 and the largest mass casualty event in Seoul since the Sampoong Department Store collapse in 1995.
At least 159 people were killed and 196 others were injured. On the night of 29 October 2022, a crowd crush occurred during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea.
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