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| South Korea Halloween crush: The lost belongings in pictures | South Korea Halloween crush: The lost belongings in pictures |
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| There are 256 pairs of shoes waiting for collection in the hall | There are 256 pairs of shoes waiting for collection in the hall |
| The items are laid out neatly in the almost silent sports hall: designer handbags, well-worn trainers, headphones still nestled in their cases. | The items are laid out neatly in the almost silent sports hall: designer handbags, well-worn trainers, headphones still nestled in their cases. |
| They are some of the possessions left behind as people desperately tried to escape the crush which took the lives of more than 150 Halloween revellers in a Seoul neighbourhood on Saturday. | They are some of the possessions left behind as people desperately tried to escape the crush which took the lives of more than 150 Halloween revellers in a Seoul neighbourhood on Saturday. |
| The Wonhyoro sports centre - usually home to volleyball games and community events - has already played a part in this tragedy: it is here that rescuers brought the bodies in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. | |
| But now - just days later - survivors and victims' families have been invited into the hall, so they can pick out items that belonged to them or their loved ones. | But now - just days later - survivors and victims' families have been invited into the hall, so they can pick out items that belonged to them or their loved ones. |
| On Tuesday, a couple came into the vast, echoey hall and picked up a black jacket. A group of girls walked in and took a pair of white heeled boots, covered in dirt. | On Tuesday, a couple came into the vast, echoey hall and picked up a black jacket. A group of girls walked in and took a pair of white heeled boots, covered in dirt. |
| The mood was calm and pensive as people surveyed the large rectangles of cloth and plastic picnic tables with their dirtied and crushed items - a grim reminder of the high number of tragic deaths and injured. | |
| Families and survivors have been asked to come to the hall to collect their belongings | Families and survivors have been asked to come to the hall to collect their belongings |
| Trainers, handbags and passports are among the items rescued from the scene of the disaster | |
| The items have been carefully labelled | The items have been carefully labelled |
| There are around 20 pairs of Apple headphones alone, an AFP news agency reporter says | There are around 20 pairs of Apple headphones alone, an AFP news agency reporter says |
| About 1.5 tonnes of items were collected from the scene in Seoul | About 1.5 tonnes of items were collected from the scene in Seoul |
| Survivors and relatives of victims can pick out possessions that belonged to them or their loved ones | |
| Many of the items have been damaged | Many of the items have been damaged |
| Some of the clothing recovered by police is dirty | |
| A police officer said they collected as many belongings as possible "in case they belonged to victims" | A police officer said they collected as many belongings as possible "in case they belonged to victims" |
| One police officer told news agency Reuters few had come to collect their belongings so far | One police officer told news agency Reuters few had come to collect their belongings so far |