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Read more: http://calamities.gaeatimes.com/2010...in-crush-37920
Full article: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5835760,00.html
These videos give a sense of the panic that was going on there...
Massenpanik bei der Love Parade 2010
LOVEPARADE 2010 Duisburg Massenpanik mittendrin 17:15 Uhr
Source: AP
DUISBURG, Germany — The organizer of the Love Parade says the yearly techno music festival will never be held again after 19 people were killed and 342 were injured in a panicked crush in an entrance tunnel.
Authorities faced tough questions at a press conference over why hundreds of thousands of people were funneled through a single highway underpass. They provided few details.
German media reported that there were at least 1.4 million people there.
Witnesses said the crush began after officers closed the end of the tunnel emptying onto the festival grounds after they become overcrowded around 5 p.m. The entrance to the tunnel did not appear to have been closed and people continued piling in.
Rainer Schaller says it’s “over for the Love Parade.”
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. (AP’s earlier story on the tragedy is also at the link)
DUISBURG, Germany — The organizer of the Love Parade says the yearly techno music festival will never be held again after 19 people were killed and 342 were injured in a panicked crush in an entrance tunnel.
Authorities faced tough questions at a press conference over why hundreds of thousands of people were funneled through a single highway underpass. They provided few details.
German media reported that there were at least 1.4 million people there.
Witnesses said the crush began after officers closed the end of the tunnel emptying onto the festival grounds after they become overcrowded around 5 p.m. The entrance to the tunnel did not appear to have been closed and people continued piling in.
Rainer Schaller says it’s “over for the Love Parade.”
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. (AP’s earlier story on the tragedy is also at the link)
Duisburg officials have few answers for causes of Love Parade deaths
As an investigation attempts to shed light on what caused a deadly stampede at the Love Parade dance music festival in Duisburg on Saturday, city officials have faced tough questions over the tragedy.
Duisburg Deputy Police Chief Detlef von Schmeling told reporters on Sunday that two criminal reports were pending on the incident, but he could not confirm whether the organizers or emergency services would be implicated in the investigation.
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'Over for the Love Parade'
Love Parade organizer Rainer Schaller said the Love Parade would never be held again, and that every effort would be taken to find the cause of Saturday afternoon's tragic events. "Words are not enough to describe the extent of the shock I feel," Schaller said.
Duisburg Mayor Adolf Sauerland was similarly rocked by the deadly stampede. "I can't dress up my grief with words," he said. "This misfortune is so gruesome that it can't be described with words."
As an investigation attempts to shed light on what caused a deadly stampede at the Love Parade dance music festival in Duisburg on Saturday, city officials have faced tough questions over the tragedy.
Duisburg Deputy Police Chief Detlef von Schmeling told reporters on Sunday that two criminal reports were pending on the incident, but he could not confirm whether the organizers or emergency services would be implicated in the investigation.
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'Over for the Love Parade'
Love Parade organizer Rainer Schaller said the Love Parade would never be held again, and that every effort would be taken to find the cause of Saturday afternoon's tragic events. "Words are not enough to describe the extent of the shock I feel," Schaller said.
Duisburg Mayor Adolf Sauerland was similarly rocked by the deadly stampede. "I can't dress up my grief with words," he said. "This misfortune is so gruesome that it can't be described with words."
These videos give a sense of the panic that was going on there...
Massenpanik bei der Love Parade 2010
LOVEPARADE 2010 Duisburg Massenpanik mittendrin 17:15 Uhr
a real tragedy
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