The vice-principal of the high school whose pupils died when a South Koren ferry capsized has committed suicide by hanging himself outside a large gym where families of the victims were staying. Kang Min-gyu, 52, went missing yesterday and appeared to have hanged himself from a tree outside the gym.
Out of 475 passengers and crew on the ship, about 340 were students and teachers from the Danwon High School in Ansan, an industrial town near Seoul, who were on an outing to the resort island of Jeju. His death is the latest individual tragedy to emerge in the wake of the dramatic sinking, which has cost at least 28 people their lives.
Yesterday, the disaster was given a human face by Kwon Ji-yeon, a six-year-old girl who has been rescued – but whose parents and brother remain missing.
Lucky to be alive: Kwon Ji-yeon, 6, was pulled from the ferry on Wednesday
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p style=”text-align:center;”>With 271 people still missing, it is feared the death toll of 28 will rise in coming days