Mass panic at German music festival

 

At least 19 people were killed in a stampede at the 'Love Parade' techno music festival in Germany on Saturday, after overcrowding at an entrance gate sparked a stampede, police said.

 
July 25, 2010
 
 
 
German police officers lift up a woman from the crowd of revellers outside a tunnel at the Love Parade "The art of Love" in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010.
 

German police officers lift up a woman from the crowd of revellers outside a tunnel at the Love Parade "The art of Love" in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010.

Photograph by: Daniel Naupold, Reuters

 
German police officers lift up a woman from the crowd of revellers outside a tunnel at the Love Parade "The art of Love" in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010.
People comfort each other at a make-shift memorial site where candles and flowers at left near the entrance to the Love Parade in Duisburg, western Germany, on July 25, 2010.
A woman reacts at the tunnel where revellers were crushed during a stampede near the Love Parade festival in Duisburg July 25, 2010.
Medical equipment is seen at the site where a stampede killed some 15 people during a festival in Duisburg July 24, 2010.
Police officers walk past a thermo blanket in the tunnel where a stampede killed some 15 people during a festival in Duisburg July 24, 2010.
German rescuers rest in a tent that has been set up on the motorway A 59 in downtown Duisburg to care for victims of a stampede during the "Love Parade" July 25, 2010.
A man lights a candle near the entrance to the Love Parade in Duisburg, western Germany, on July 25, 2010.
Police prevent a man from bringing a flower in to the tunnel, the entrance to the Love Parade in Duisburg, western Germany, on July 25, 2010.
People comfort each other at a make-shift memorial site where candles and flowers at left near the entrance to the Love Parade in Duisburg, western Germany, on July 25, 2010.
Local residents grief the victims of a stampede at the Love Parade in the western German city of Duisburg July 25, 2010.
A woman visits a make-shift memorial site where candles and flowers have been left near the entrance to the Love Parade in Duisburg, western Germany, on July 25, 2010.
A general view of the tunnel crowded with techno music fans where a stampede crushed at least 15 people to death and injured dozens at Germany's famous Love Parade festival in Duisburg, Germany. Thousands of other revelers keep partying at the event unaware of the deadly stampede that started when police tried to block thousands more people from entering the already-jammed parade grounds.
An injured raver on stretches get medical aid in the tunnel where a stampede crushed at least 15 people to death and injured dozens at Germany's famous Love Parade festival on in Duisburg, Germany. Thousands of other revelers keep partying at the event unaware of the deadly stampede that started when police tried to block thousands more people from entering the already-jammed parade grounds.
A man reacts at the site where a stampede killed some 15 people during a festival in Duisburg. At least 18 people were killed in the stampede at the " Love Parade" techno music festival in the western German city on Saturday after overcrowding at an entrance gate sparked a stampede, police said.
Ambulance cars are pictured outside a tunnel during the Love Parade "The art of Love" in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010. At least 15 people were killed in a stampede at the "Love Parade" techno music festival in Germany on Saturday, after overcrowding at an entrance gate sparked a stampede, police said.
A woman is carried to an ambulance after a stampede at the Love Parade "The art of Love" in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010.
A woman injured in a stampede at the Love Parade "The art of Love" receives medical help in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010.
An injured woman is carried to an ambulance after a stampede at the Love Parade "The art of Love" in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010.
German policemen run along the street to the tunnel where a stampede occurred at the Love Parade "The art of Love" in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010.
People injured in the stampede at the Love Parade "The art of Love", receive first aid in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010.
Ambulances arrive to provide aid to people injured in the stampede at the Love Parade "The art of Love" in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010.
An injured woman is carried to an ambulance after a stampede at the Love Parade "The art of Love" in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010.
An injured man lies on stretcher after a stampede at the Love Parade "The art of Love" in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010.
Paramedics attend to injured people after a stampede at the Love Parade "The art of Love" in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010.
 
 
 
 
 

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