Another famous model passed away in the Itaewon tragedy

Besides male singer Lee Ji Han and female singer Kim Yuna who died in the tragedy in Itaewon, the local government continued to confirm another famous model in Japan Tomikawa Mei passed away.

A serious stampede in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea on the night of October 29 has shocked the world, so far 154 people have been killed and 133 injured, of which 19 are foreigners. from 14 countries, including Iran, Vietnam, Japan, China, Russia and the US. Including two Japanese female students and one Vietnamese student.

At the climax, in this serious stampede, there were artists from Korea and Japan. Accordingly, on October 30, Ji Han's management company - 935 Entertainment confirmed the bad news, saying that Lee Ji Han was one of more than 150 victims of the tragedy. The agency's statement reads, " Actor Lee Ji Han, a precious member of 935 Entertainment, is now a star in the sky. He has left us. We are sad to say goodbye. goodbye".

On the same day, police confirmed that 24-year-old female singer Kim Yuna, a cheerleader and singer, had died after a stampede in Itaewon. Her funeral was held on November 1 at Seoul National University Hospital.

Recently, according to HK01 published information, one of the 150 people killed was a Japanese model - Tomikawa Mei. It is known that Tomikawa Mei is a 26-year-old model and the daughter of Tomikawa Ayumu - a member of the Nemuro City Council of the New Earth Party of Japan.

Tomikawa Mei from Hokkaido left for a six-month language study abroad program in Seoul last June. On the evening of the 29th, she and her friends were in Itaewon, but unfortunately encountered a trampling tragedy. After the tragedy, Tomikawa Mei's friends could not contact her and learned that she had not come home yet, so they took to Twitter in English to search for people everywhere, but in the end, there was no response.

After the tragedy happened, the model's friends posted search information.

Before the disaster happened in Itaewon as well as the information that her daughter's friends posted on Twitter, her father Tomikawa Ayumu also tried to call his daughter's cell phone many times after learning about it. tragedy. However, he said Mei did not respond and after several attempts, a Korean policeman answered instead.

Her father then contacted the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and sent a photo of his daughter. He was told by the ministry around 5 p.m. Sunday that a deceased victim's fingerprint matched that of his daughter.

The ugly model's eldest father Tomikawa Ayumu choked up and added, "My daughter said that she wanted to work in Korea and had studied Korean for a long time before going there. She was hoping to find a job. involving both Japan and Korea."

Tomikawa Mei's father added that his daughter enjoyed her studies in Korea and is making international friends. He last contacted his daughter around 7 p.m. Saturday when she said she was going out with a French friend.

"I believed until the last minute that she was okay," the father said.

In Tokyo, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said the Japanese government expresses its sincere sympathy to the victims of heartbreak.

"The government will support as much as it can" the families of the two Japanese victims, a top government spokesman told a news conference.

South Korean President Yoon Seok-ryul and his wife on Monday visited an altar set up in Seoul for the funeral of the victim's family and associates. A week-long period of national mourning has been declared through Saturday.

According to Yonhap news agency, South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck Soo on the same day called on the government to "carefully consider the cause of the incident in the recent tragedy and make every effort to amend the necessary policies so that such a tragedy does not occur." again".

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