Seoul [South Korea]: Singer-actor Lee Jihan changed into a number of the greater than 150 folks that died on Saturday in a Halloween 2022 stampede in Seoul’s Itaewon district. He was 24.
Jihan’s loss of life became confirmed via his agency, 935 Entertainment, Deadline suggested. “We are unhappy to supply such information today; however, Lee Ji-han has handed away within the weigh down in Itaewon,” the agency said in an assertion to South Korean news outlets.
Jihan was a famous growing person in the Korean amusement industry, having competed in the 2d season of the Korean singing opposition Produce 101.
After his stint in a reality display, he started out taking up performing roles. In 2019, he seemed in a Korean drama. Today Was Another Namhyun Day.
South Korean cops are investigating the Saturday night tragedy, which left at least 154 Halloween revelers useless.
The incident reportedly came about while a big institution of people rushed to an Itaewon bar after hearing an unidentified movie star changed into traveling there, Al Jazeera pronounced, citing the local media.
Social media footage confirmed numerous people being assisted via rescue officers and private citizens at the scene, and many rescue officers acting CPR on human beings mendacity in bad circumstance at the streets. The packed Halloween festivities in South Korea’s capital of Seoul occurred after Covid regulations were removed, the neighborhood officials said.
President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared per week-long countrywide mourning duration.
