According to South Korean authorities, the majority of those killed or hurt during the Halloween crowd crush on Saturday night in Seoul are in their teens and early 20s. According to reports, two Japanese ladies are among the victims who are foreigners.
26-year-old From Hokkaido in northern Japan, Tomikawa Mei. Her father informed NHK that she had been attending Korean language classes in Seoul since June.
After hearing of the accident, Tomikawa Ayumu claims he made multiple attempts to call his daughter’s cellphone. He claims that Mei did not reply at first, and that a South Korean policeman eventually did.
A Japanese Foreign Ministry official told him on Sunday that Mei had died.
Tomikawa says, “My daughter said she wanted to work in South Korea and had been studying Korean for a long time before she went there. I think she must be very disappointed.”
