Seoul crowd crush police sent to jail for deadly failings in Itaewon disaster
by Staff and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#6R4Q5)
South Korean court hands out three jail terms, one of them suspended, to officers for professional negligence after 159 mostly young people died
A South Korean court has given three police officers prison sentences over their handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that killed 159 people.
The convictions on Monday are the first over the failure by authorities to prevent or adequately respond to the overcrowding that occurred in the popular Itaewon district. No top-level officials have been charged or held accountable, prompting criticism from bereaved families and opposition politicians.
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