Some Lancaster community members held a candlelight vigil to honor those killed in the Israel-Hamas war and call on state lawmakers to support a ceasefire.
Last year’s tragedy unfolded after a large number of revelers and others packed the Itaewon alley, causing people to fall on each other like dominos.South Korean Interior and Safety Minister Lee Sang-min places flowers to pay his condolence to the victims of the crush.
In January, a police special investigation team concluded that police and municipal officials failed to work out effective crowd control steps despite correctly anticipating a huge number of people in Itaewon. Investigators also concluded that police had ignored hotline calls by pedestrians who warned of swelling crowds before the surge turned deadly.caused a nationwide outpouring of grief as the dead were mostly in their 20s and 30s.
When police in January announced the results of the probe into the Itaewon crush, they said they were pursuing criminal charges, including involuntary manslaughter and negligence, against 23 officials. But no top-level official was included. Most of the 23 officials are still on trial.
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