China News Service, November 2. According to a report by Yonhap News Agency on November 1, local time, the public information of the South Korean police showed that within 4 hours before the stampede in Itaewon, Seoul, the police received a total of 11 calls to the police, but only for 4 of them. Through the dispatch of police officers to the scene to evacuate the crowd, the rest did not take any measures on the grounds that "the police have been dispatched at the scene".

On the evening of October 29, local time, a large-scale stampede occurred in Itaewon, Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea.

The picture shows the alley of the incident taken from a nearby hotel on October 30, local time.

Photo by Wan Jiaxin

　　According to reports, the first alarm call was made at around 18:34 on October 29.

The person who called the police said that there was a large influx of people and they felt uneasy. People couldn't get out, but they kept going in. They felt like they would be crushed to death.

Need police control.

However, after the police were dispatched, no measures were taken and the case was closed.

The police explained that the crowd at the scene was reduced and the risk of an accident was low.

　　The second alarm call was made at 20:9. The police reported that there were too many people around Exit 3 of Itaewon Subway Station, and many people fell and were injured.

After the police were dispatched, the crowd was only guided to the sidewalk, and no other measures were taken.

Within half an hour after that, some people reported to the police that there were too many people and the situation could no longer be controlled, and a stampede accident might occur.

However, the police were not dispatched, and only told the police to contact the police directly at the scene.

　　About an hour before the accident (21:00), in about 10 minutes, the police received 4 alarm calls.

The caller said the crowd was pushing and a stampede might have occurred, but police did not actively intervene.

After receiving the alarm at 21:10, there was no record of whether the police were called.

From 21:51, the alarm calls continued to enter.

At 22:00, another call came to say that police officers needed to be mobilized to control the scene, but the police still did not dispatch anyone.

At 22:11, that is, 4 minutes before the incident, screams could be heard on the scene, but the police still did not send anyone to the scene to control the incident.

　　At present, the Korean police plan to investigate the police officers who received 11 alarm calls.

　　On the evening of October 29, local time, a large-scale stampede occurred in the Itaewon area of ​​Seoul, killing more than 300 people.

After the accident, the South Korean government announced a "national mourning period" from October 30 to November 5 at 24:00.