韩国首尔梨泰院踩踏事故，调查结果公布

韩国警察厅梨泰院事故特别调查本部13日召开记者会，公布去年10月29日晚踩踏事故案发经过和责任人处罚等最终调查结果。

South Korean police said Friday that it referred 23 government officials to the prosecution on professional negligence and other charges after wrapping up a 74-day investigation into the deadly crowd crush that occurred in late October at the Itaewon district of Seoul during Halloween celebrations.

The results of the investigation announced by Son Je-han, who headed the National Police Agency's special investigation into the incident,  mostly confirmed what was already clear — that police and public officials in Yongsan failed to employ meaningful crowd control measures for the expected numbers of Halloween revelers and essentially ignored pedestrian calls placed to police hotlines that warned of a swelling crowd hours before the surge turned deadly on Oct 28.

Officials botched their response once people began toppling over and crushed in a narrow alley clogged with partygoers at around 10 pm, failing to establish effective control of the scene and allow rescue workers to reach the injured in time, Son said.