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S. Korean police seek manslaughter charges over deadly crush

FILE - Rescue workers treat injured people on the street near the scene of a crowd surge in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2022. South Korean police on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, said they are seeking charges of involuntary manslaughter and negligence against 23 officials, for a lack of safety measures they said were responsible for a crowd surge that killed nearly 160 people in October. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) Son Je-han, who headed the National Police Agency's special investigation into the 2022 deadly crowd surge incident, speaks during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. South Korean police on Friday said they are seeking charges of involuntary manslaughter and negligence against 23 officials, for a lack of safety measures they said were responsible for a crowd surge that killed nearly 160 people in October. (Kim In-chul/Yonhap via AP) FILE - Injured people are helped near the scene of a crowd surge incident in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2022. South Korean police on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, said they are seeking charges of involuntary manslaughter and negligence against 23 officials, for a lack of safety measures they said were responsible for a crowd surge that killed nearly 160 people in October. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) FILE- Police officers stand guard at the scene where dozens of people died and were injured during a crowd surge in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2022. South Korean police on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, said they are seeking charges of involuntary manslaughter and negligence against 23 officials, for a lack of safety measures they said were responsible for a crowd surge that killed nearly 160 people in October. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
S. Korean police seek manslaughter charges over deadly crush