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Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade"
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Germany (Reuters) - A stampede killed at least 17

people after mass panic broke out in a tunnel at a "Love Parade" techno music festival in Germany on Saturday.

Overcrowding at the entrance tunnel to a former freight rail station where the event was being held sparked the stampede and then a crush among the mainly young festival-goers, police said.

The festival, which police said drew about 1.4 million people, was not immediately canceled because authorities feared an abrupt halt could spark a second panic.

Music blared out after the stampede and people danced on, unaware of the unfolding tragedy nearby. Organizers finally called the event off in late evening hours after the deaths.

"There were piles of injured on the ground, some being resuscitated, others dead and covered with sheets," 18-year-old Love Parade participant Isabel Schloesser told Reuters.

"It was way too full in the afternoon, everybody wanted to get in," she said after leaving the rubble-strewn entrance where echoes of a throbbing bass beat could still be heard more than three hours after the crush.

Rescue work was initially hampered by the huge crowds attending one of Europe's biggest electronic music events in fine weather, officials said. People had come from all around Europe to the Love Parade, most in the 18-25 age bracket.

Police in the industrial Ruhr city of Duisburg in western Germany had tried to close the tunnel entrance about a half an hour before the chaos broke out in late afternoon.

"Apparently some tried to enter the area by climbing a fence along a ramp and then fell," the head of an emergency task force, Wolfgang Rabe, said on ARD television. "It is still a presumption at the moment, but this could have caused a panic."

SUFFERING, PAIN FOR REVELLERS

North Rhine-Westphalia state interior minister Ralf Jaeger arrived at the scene in the evening and said 5,500 police and emergency workers had been mobilized to organize the end of the festival, which left thousands in a state of shock.

German President Christian Wulff expressed sympathy in a statement and Chancellor Angel Merkel sent a message of condolence to the relatives of the victims.

"These young people went to party and instead found death and injury. I am appalled and saddened by so much suffering and pain," her statement said.

By nightfall, authorities put the death toll at 17, with at least 80 more injured, many severely.

There were no further details immediately available about the dead, although a doctor from the nearby Johanniter hospital told Reuters some 20 to 30 more people were heavily injured.

Police earlier tried to resuscitate some with CPR and the kiss of life inside the 200-meter long tunnel.

In the direct aftermath, ambulances rushed to pick up victims and police set up an emergency first aid station near the entrance, where live images from WDR television showed thousands of revelers streaming out of the festival and toward the city's main train station.

Later, rescue helicopters buzzed overhead.

"The emergency workers had problems getting to the area due to the massive crowds," a fire department spokesman from Duisburg said, declining to be named.

The annual event, now with a backdrop of electronic dance music such as House, Trance and Techno, flamboyant outfits and energetic dance moves, was first held in Berlin in 1989 as an event to promote peace through music.

Internationally, similar Love Parades have taken place in Zurich, San Francisco, Mexico City, Acapulco, Vienna, Cape Town, Tel Aviv, Sydney, Santiago, Rio de Janeiro, Oslo and Budapest.

Organizers could not immediately be reached for comment. Police said an investigation had already begun.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66N1JV20100724


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Re: Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" [Re: LobsterSauce]
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More info and photos in link. Awful stuff.

Crush began after 'police tried to restrict access to area'
Revellers attempted to climb walls to escape scene
At least 80 others injured, 20 in serious condition


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1297346/Love-Parade-17-crushed-death-80-injured-mass-panic-tunnel.html#ixzz0ugQVP93o


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Re: Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" [Re: LobsterSauce]
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Horrific. Couldn't imagine getting trampled to death by hundreds of other people.

What I want to know is how that kind of shit unfolds...the article explains it but I still don't really understand...

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Re: Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" [Re: chopstick]
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Check the link in my last post.


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Re: Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" [Re: LobsterSauce]
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I believe the death-count has risen to 19...horrific thing to be trampled to death...but how bad did these people want to get to the festival to make this happen?


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Re: Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" [Re: 13.step]
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ewww is all i can say, fucking bovine


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Re: Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" [Re: 13.step]
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1.4 million people at a festival is always going to be a dicey situation.

It must have been like a domino effect. People hopping fences,rushing in,they realise it's too packed but a tide of people are still rushing in and hopping fences and by then it's too late. Horrific.


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Re: Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" [Re: LobsterSauce]
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man thats fucked up! 17 people trampled to death! i dont even know how that could have happened, like waht would cause a stampede like that that people would be running over piles of bodies on the floor...?? very strange.


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Re: Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" [Re: Dosile Kouki]
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Don't forget to bring a towel!


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Re: Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" [Re: chopstick]
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Definitely bringing mace, goggles, a breath mask... Maybe some canned oxygen... and a taser, if I ever get into shit like that.


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Re: Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" [Re: LobsterSauce]
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Jesus.. and the day before I leave for Germany, weird.

Shit sucks.

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Re: Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" [Re: blujay]
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That place looked like a war zone. people are so trashy.

What a disaster!


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Re: Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" [Re: blissedout]
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So unfortunate. But 1.4 million is just too big IMO. What did they expect:shrug:


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Re: Seventeen killed in mass panic at German "Love Parade" [Re: iFennario]
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1/5000 of the worlds population was at that festival


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