One relative said blaming local officials was 'cutting off the off the lizard's tail to spare the head'.
A long-awaited report into last October's deadly crowd crush in Seoul has largely spared senior government officials from blame.
Six people, including the former police chief of the local Yongsan district and the district's mayor, have been arrested on negligence charges. Families of victims and the South Korean public had wanted higher-level officials to be held accountable. In December, South Korea's parliament passed a motion calling for the dismissal of interior minister Lee Sang-min.
His daughter was in Itaewon with her fiancé, who passed out but survived, and the couple had been due to marry this year. No preventive measures were taken in advance, and appropriate measures were not taken after emergency calls for help were received, the inspector said.
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