70 Missing Person Reports Suspected from Itaewon Disaster in Gwangju Area Received

Emergency medical technicians conducting rescue operations at the site of the Halloween fatal accident in Itaewon, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, which occurred on the 29th. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] As of 12 PM on the 30th, 70 reports of suspected missing persons related to the Itaewon crowd crush incident have been received in the Gwangju area.

The Gwangju Police Agency announced that such reports requesting location and identity verification have been received.

These reports were filed by parents requesting location confirmation because they have not been able to contact their children who either reside in Seoul or visited the area the previous day.

So far, it has been reported that three citizens of Gwangju are among the deceased from the Itaewon tragedy. The three deceased are A (26), B (46), and C (24, female).

D (28, female) has been declared brain dead and is receiving treatment at a university hospital in Seoul.

The Gwangju city government and police have guided the families of the deceased victims regarding funeral procedures.

Meanwhile, a crowd crush accident occurred last night in Itaewon, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and it has been confirmed that 151 people have died so far.

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