Days after a crowd surge killed more than 150 people during a Halloween event in South Korea, gripping photos of what the victims left behind have surfaced.
In footage released on Tuesday, white facility tables sitting in a Seoul badminton court are covered with bags, purses, and totes that belonged to victims and survivors of the crowd surge.
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Victims' bodies were previously brought to the gym before it became the center collection area for their belongings for their families to recover, theBBCreported.
Accessories like watches, earbuds, and sunglasses, purses and passports were numbered in an effort to help survivors and victims' families identify the objects.
More than 1.5 tons of clothing were gathered after the surge, the outlet said.
BBC previously reported that the popular nightlife spot wasswarmed with 100,000 residentsto join the Halloween festivities, which was the first Halloween event that required no mask since the pandemic.
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Officials later responded to the area after receiving reports of people experiencing"difficulty breathing,“CNN reported.
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Meanwhile, Yonhap News Agency via CNN reported people were suffering from “cardiac arrest” during the stampede.
source: people.com