South Korean President Yoon Suk -ol announced today, Sunday, a period of national mourning and ordered the flags to bend after a stampede, which killed 151 people, including 19 foreigners, during the Halloween celebrations in the previous day.
After a day of chaos in a little Atwan alley, when scores of young celebrities, many of them in their twenties, were crushed, Yoon read a letter to the nation live from the presidential office.
Yoon remarked, “The tragedy and devastation of Saturday would never have to happen. It is absolutely horrifying.
“My heart is sad and I am striving to overcome my anguish,” he said. “As the president, who is responsible for the lives and safety of people. He continued, “The government will declare the time from today until the accident is under control as a period of national mourning, and the recovery and follow-up processes will be given the highest priority for administrative matters.
” Yun expressed his condolences to deaths, and wished a speedy recovery for the injured, saying that the government would support funerary preparations and fully mobilize medical emergency services to treat patients, including by appointing public employees to everyone who needs help.
The most crucial thing is to identify the accident’s cause and prevent similar ones in the future. Added he.
After the speech, Yun went to the location before proceeding to the government building in the heart of Seoul to preside over the government’s response meeting.
He also ordered all government agencies and offices to tighten the national flag to mourn the victims of the accident, according to the presidential office..
In response to the stampede in Seoul, the President of South Korea declares a national day of mourning.
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