Thousands gather at vigil for crowd crush victims in South Korea

The citizens also criticised the South Korean government for the lack of proper guidelines for the disaster and failure to manage the crowd on the night of the crush.

It has been a week since the tragedy, in which more than 150 people lost their lives.

South Korea’s police chief admitted on Tuesday the authority had failed to prevent crowd surge during the festivities in Seoul, saying that officers didn’t effectively handle earlier emergency calls about the impending disaster.

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Rached had been on holiday in South Korea and would have turned 24 next week.

A number of other Australians were injured in the crowd crush however the federal government has not yet confirmed details.