Chile’s Carabineros National Gendarmerie unit on Thursday praised Chilean fans of South Korea’s superstar boy band BTS for the “exemplary” behavior exhibited at the band’s concert in the South American country this week.
\n\nThe gendarmerie emphasized that the peaceful and orderly development of the massive concert should serve as an “example” for other events.
\n\nBTS returned to Chile after nine years as part of its Arirang World Tour, holding the first of three planned concerts on Wednesday at the National soccer Stadium in the Santiago commune of Ñuñoa.
\n\nThe long-anticipated series of concerts prompted the Carabineros to launch a social media campaign in advance with security recommendations including, but not limited to, awareness on how to ensure the safety of children attending the event and how to safeguard phones, documents, and other personal belongings.
\n\nSpeaking to the Chilean news channel Teletrece on Thursday, Marcelo Araya, the director-general of the Carabineros gendarmerie, praised BTS fans — or ARMY, as they like to call themselves — for sporting “exemplary” behavior throughout the concert.
\n\nAraya detailed that, based on the gendarmerie’s estimations, the concert had a turnout of over 76,000 attendees. Araya noted that an event of that magnitude required an important security…
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