"Seoul Police Chief Indicted for 2022 Halloween Crush"
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The chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Kim Kwang-ho, has been indicted for negligence in the 2022 Halloween crush that killed over 150 people and injured 133 others in Seoul's leisure district of Itaewon. The incident occurred as celebrants became trapped and crushed in a narrow alley, with more than two-thirds of the victims being young people or women. Among the dead were two American college students, prompting President Biden to express condolences.
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