Seoul to Adopt Crowd Alert to Avoid Repeat of Halloween Tragedy.

(Bloomberg) -- South Korea's capital announced plans to strengthen surveillance to avoid a repeat of last year's crowd crush that killed almost 160 people at a nightlife district during Halloween festivities. When the system detects a large crowd, it will send an alert to disaster safety teams at ward offices, the city government, fire authorities, and the police, according to Seoul city. [Extracted from the article]

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