South Korea Halloween crush victims' belongings fill quiet lost-and-found centre


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  • Tuesday, 01 Nov 2022

Belongings of victims of a crowd crush that happened during Halloween festivities are kept in a gym in Seoul, South Korea, November 1, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - A temporary morgue for some of the people killed in South Korea's Halloween party crush is now a huge lost-and-found, where hundreds of items such as a "Happy Halloween" backpack and a Minnie Mouse hairband await their owners.

The Wonhyoro sports centre was quiet on Tuesday, three days after the crush in the popular Itaewon district during Halloween festivities, as a few people sifted through more than 800 recovered lost items.

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