South Korea court sentences highest-ranking police officer
Police Leaders Jailed in South Korea Over 'Man-Made' Fatal Halloween Crush
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Monday sentenced the former police chief of a district of Seoul to three years in prison for a botched response to a deadly Halloween crowd crush in the capital's Itaewon nightlife district in 2022.
South Korea court sentences highest-ranking police officer yet to jail over Halloween crush
The former head of a local police station in Seoul has been sentenced to three years in jail over a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush, making him the highest-ranking law enforcement official to be held criminally liable over the disaster.
Ex-Korea Police Official Gets Jail Term Over Deadly Halloween Crowd Crush
A former South Korean police officer was sentenced to three year imprisonment over a crowd crush that killed at least 158 people at a nightlife district during Halloween festivities in 2022.
South Korean court gives prison sentences to 3 police officers over deadly 2022 Halloween crush
A South Korean court gave three police officers prison sentences on Monday over their botched handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that killed nearly 160 people. It was the first conviction of officials over the failure by authorities to prevent or adequately respond to the overcrowding that occurred in the popular Itaewon district.
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A South Korean court handed a three year jail term Monday to a former Seoul district police chief over a crush that killed more than 150 people, the Yonhap news
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