It has been one month since the mass accident in Itaewon, downtown Seoul, South Korea, where 158 people, including two Japanese, died.
The Korean media has reported that the Special Investigation Headquarters of the Korean National Police Agency is expected to finish interviewing the top officials of related organizations by the end of this week, and the investigation will be in full swing in the future.
On the night of the 29th of last month, a large number of young people collapsed on top of each other in Itaewon, downtown Seoul, before Halloween, killing 158 people including two Japanese women and injuring 196 people. It will be 1 month in days.
The Korean National Police Agency has set up a special investigation headquarters and is investigating suspicions of professional negligence resulting in death and injury, and it is said that the deficiencies in the security plan on the day and the delay in responding to reports from citizens led to the expansion of the damage. view is strengthening.
South Korea's news agency, Yondo News, said that the Special Investigation Headquarters will finish interviewing the then chief of the police station that has jurisdiction over Itaewon, as well as the top of the ward office and fire department, and will issue an arrest warrant for some of them. We are told that we will consider the claim, and the investigation will be in full swing in the future.
In addition, the Diet has decided to conduct a national political investigation to find out the truth and prevent a recurrence, and the investigation is expected to start next month.
On the other hand, the largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan, which has a majority in the National Assembly, has called for the dismissal of Lee Sang-min, Minister of Public Administration and Safety, who is in charge of the police and administration, saying that there were problems with the accident response. I am stepping up my pursuit.
Surveillance cameras at the scene recorded the situation before and after the accident.
A security camera installed on a slope in Itaewon recorded the situation before and after the accident.
The security camera was installed outside the store by Mr. Nam In-seok, who runs a clothing store on the slope of the site. It is filled with, and it shows how people trying to go up the slope are pushed back down.
Around 10:15 pm, when the accident is said to have occurred, people trying to climb the slope could not move forward, and people were rushing in from behind, and it was confirmed that they were staying.
About five minutes after that, the appearance of police officers heading to the scene can be confirmed, and the appearance of people watching the situation on the slope where the accident occurred and taking pictures with smartphones is recorded.
After another 5 minutes or so, we can see a woman coming down the slope with one shoe off, and a woman coming down while being held in a shaky way.
On the other hand, about 30 minutes after the time when the accident is said to have occurred, a stretcher arrived in front of a clothing store at the bottom of the slope, but for about 30 minutes after that, there was almost no footage of the injured being transported. It can be seen that the rescue activities were difficult.
Nam, who said he himself participated in rescue operations at the time, said, "People were piled up like a pyramid, and I pulled them out one by one, but even after CPR, many of them did not regain consciousness. It turned into a scene of carnage.