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GeneralGom t1_iuhis4v wrote

There have been numerous reports from the survivors about a group of men upstream inciting people to push(probably got frustrated by the blockage), causing people to tumble and start all the chaos.

Police is currently investigating, but nothing concrete has been confirmed so far.

Also I’m not sure why this is getting downvoted. I merely wanted to provide some newest updates from Korean news outlets.

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fishicle t1_iuj2or6 wrote

I didn't, but I can guess you're being downvoted because that's another rumor that is victim blaming, like the earlier one that people were rushing to see a celebrity (also with no proof behind it). The blame is on authorities for not having put in crowd control measures beforehand, not those caught in the crowd.

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GeneralGom t1_iuj5k7n wrote

That makes sense. I guess people thought my comment had a political agenda, and lacked credence(I couldn't find an English source of the news article).

I absolutely think the main fault lies on the government. But that doesn't mean there can't be other parties who may have also contributed to the tragedy, y'know.

Anyway, all I wanted to do was to provide some fresh new info as a Korean. My comment didn't have any political agenda, nor do I care it got downvoted. I was simply curious why it did.

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