Three tragedies in Asia take hundreds of lives in 1 month
ularly dispatch many more ations,” Ramli said. police to control protests in Already, police have said the capital. that Kanjuruhan stadium SEOUL, South Korea – Yoon Hee Keun, comin Malang city did not have More than 400 people died missioner general of the a proper operating certifin October in a series of Korean National Police icate and that criminal crowd-related disasters in Agency, told a televised charges would be brought Asia, when a bridge packed news conference Tuesday against six people for negwith revelers collapsed in that he felt a “heavy responligence, including the three India, Halloween partiers sibility” for the loss of life. police officers who allowed were crushed in South KoBy looking at past celor ordered officers to use rea’s capital, and spectators ebrations, and factoring tear gas. fled a stadium in Indonesia in the end of COVID-19 Authorities have reafter police fired tear gas. restrictions, authorities moved the police chiefs
The dynamics in the could have easily anticipatof East Java province and three situations were dised large crowds, Haghani Malang district and sustinct, though experts say said. pended other officers over poor planning and crowd More important than
violations of professional management contributed additional police, South
ethics. to the disasters in IndoKorean authorities could
A fact- finding team nesia and South Korea. In have employed crowd-con
set up by President Joko India, authorities are introl experts to monitor the
Widodo found that the tear vestigating whether the reflow of people and prevent
gas was the main cause of cently repaired bridge was ed the area from getting as
the tragedy – a conclusion properly inspected. packed as it did, he said.
Haghani said was not surIn Seoul, 156 people died Lessons from well-stud
prising. when more than 100,000 ied tragedies like Germaflocked to the popular “Experience has shown
ny’s 2010 Love Parade nightlife district of Itaewon that tear gas in a sports
disaster, where 21 people on Saturday for Hallowstadium is a recipe for di
died trying to exit an area een celebrations, the first saster, in that it agitates
through a bottleneck, make since the country’s strict the crowds, it creates a
crowd turbulence situa
COVID-19 restrictions fight-back tendency in the
tions predictable when exwere lifted. crowd, and more aggres
perts are watching, he said.
The narrow, sloping sive behavior,” he said.
“It is really disappointalleys of the district beAfter the weekend col
ing to see that despite all came clogged with people, lapse of a newly repaired
of the expert experience, leading to what experts suspension bridge in In
all of the studies, all of the call “crowd turbulence.” conclusions and everything dia’s Gujarat state in which That’s when people are so that was done, it happened 134 people died, authorities packed together that they again in another country, have announced the arrest don’t have full control over in another location, and it of nine people, including their movements, and the actually resulted in many managers of the bridge’s crowd moves as a continmore people dying,” said operator. uous body. Haghani. The 143-year-old bridge
“It doesn’t require anyIndonesia is still investireopened four days before body to misbehave, doesn’t gating the Oct. 1 tragedy at Sunday’s collapse under the require anybody to aga soccer stadium, in which weight of hundreds of peo
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gressively or intentionally 135 people died, including ple who were celebrating push,” said Milad Haghani, dozens of children. Police during the Hindu festival a researcher at Australia’s fired tear gas into the staseason.
University of New South dium, where some gates A security video of the Wales, Sydney. were locked, after some the disaster showed it shaking
It is well documented crowd of 42,000 spilled violently and people trying that when crowd densities onto the field, sending to hold on to its cables and
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reach the levels estimated them rushing toward the metal fencing before the at the Itaewon celebration, exits and causing a crush. aluminum walkway gave people will fall, triggerSoehatman Ramli, chairout and crashed into the ing a domino effect, said man of Indonesia’s World river.
Haghani, who has studSafety Organization, told The bridge split in the ied more than 275 such The Associated Press that middle with its walkway crowd-related tragedies the case showed what can hanging down and its ca
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But it’s also preventable, risk management plan and Investigations are still he said. courses of action in case of underway, but a local offi
Seoul authorities have emergency. cial told the Indian Express been criticized for having “These plans should innewspaper that the com137 officers on hand Satclude evacuation routes pany reopened the bridge urday to deal with such a and crowd management without first obtaining a large crowd. Officials reg- for controlling panic situ- “fitness certificate.”