Halloween, South Korea
South Korea court sentences highest-ranking police officer yet to jail over Halloween crush
The former head of a local police station in Seoul has been sentenced to three years in jail over a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush, making him the highest-ranking law enforcement official to be held criminally liable over the disaster.
Police Leaders Jailed in South Korea Over 'Man-Made' Fatal Halloween Crush
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Monday sentenced the former police chief of a district of Seoul to three years in prison for a botched response to a deadly Halloween crowd crush in the capital's Itaewon nightlife district in 2022.
South Korean court gives prison sentences to 3 police officers over deadly 2022 Halloween crush
A South Korean court has given three police officers prison sentences over their botched handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that killed nearly 160 people.
Senior South Korean Police Officer Sentenced to 3 Years Over Crowd Crush
Lee Im-jae, a former district chief, is the most senior official to be convicted in connection with the 2022 disaster that killed nearly 160 Halloween partygoers.
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People poured into a narrow, sloping alleyway between bars and clubs, the weight of their bodies and a lack of effective crowd control leading to scores of people being crushed to death
Local police chief jailed for 3 years over deadly S. Korea crowd crush: Yonhap
A South Korean court handed a three year jail term Monday to a former Seoul district police chief over a crush that killed more than 150 people, the Yonhap news
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