156 people died in the Halloween tragedy! The main person of the investigation was found dead at home
Suspect in investigation into South Korea Halloween party stampede that killed 156 people the police officer was found dead in his house.
According to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, a relative at 12:45 local time the police went to his official’s house in the capital Seoul.
His relative found the lifeless body of the officer, surnamed Jeong.
Colleagues said that Jeong sent them messages yesterday that he was going to commit suicide. An investigation into Jeong’s death has been launched.
The 55-year-old Jeong was a suspect in the investigation after the mob.
It was claimed that local intelligence had a report that a serious accident might occur during the pre-Halloween crowd, and that Jeong ordered the deletion of the report to cover up the lack of action on the matter.
Jeong was charged with abuse of office, destruction of evidence and gross professional negligence.
It was nearly Halloween when a large crowd suddenly filled a 4-meter-wide street in the Itaewon district of central Seoul on October 29. 100.000 people joined.
156 people lost their lives in the crowd, dozens of people were injured, some of them are in serious condition.
Korean officials of the majority of those who lost their lives 20 and 22 are foreign citizens.
President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a “nationwide mourning”. Thousands of people in the country because of the crowd to the government protest and demanded the resignation of the responsible persons.
This event, in 2014, the average going to school school It was the deadliest disaster in South Korea since the sinking of a ferry carrying students that killed 304 young people. (AA)
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