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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:00 pmStampede at German Love Parade festival kills 15
At least 15 people have been killed at the Love Parade electronic music festival in the German city of Duisburg, police have said.
Police had been trying to stop people reaching the parade area because of overcrowding.
But the revellers panicked at a tunnel entrance. About 100 people were also injured, dozens seriously.
Organisers had said they expected more than one million people to attend the event.
Duisburg police initially reported 10 deaths but later raised the toll to 15.
At least 10 people were resuscitated at the scene.
Reuters news agency quoted police commissioner Juergen Kieskemper as saying the situation had become "very chaotic".
He said police closed the parade area due to over-crowding. Those trying to get in were told via loudhailer to turn around, but panic broke out.
A number of eyewitnesses say police were warned of a huge crowd build-up and some report seeing dozens of people piled up on one another, the BBC's Tristana Moore in Hamburg says.
Emergency workers reportedly had difficulty reaching those crushed.
City officials were said to have chosen not to evacuate the grounds of the day-long festival immediately, fearing it might spark more panic.
City spokesman Frank Kopatschek said: "The crisis meeting determined not to stop the event because at the moment there are too many people on the grounds."
Many of those attending appeared unaware of what had happened.
The event attracts music fans from all over the world, with floats from Brazil, Russia, the Netherlands, Spain and Australia among other nations.
The floats had been expected to parade through the city for 10 hours.
Many top international DJs also perform.
The event began in Berlin in 1989 as a peace demonstration and developed into a huge open-air music festival.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10751899
At least 15 people have been killed at the Love Parade electronic music festival in the German city of Duisburg, police have said.
Police had been trying to stop people reaching the parade area because of overcrowding.
But the revellers panicked at a tunnel entrance. About 100 people were also injured, dozens seriously.
Organisers had said they expected more than one million people to attend the event.
Duisburg police initially reported 10 deaths but later raised the toll to 15.
At least 10 people were resuscitated at the scene.
Reuters news agency quoted police commissioner Juergen Kieskemper as saying the situation had become "very chaotic".
He said police closed the parade area due to over-crowding. Those trying to get in were told via loudhailer to turn around, but panic broke out.
A number of eyewitnesses say police were warned of a huge crowd build-up and some report seeing dozens of people piled up on one another, the BBC's Tristana Moore in Hamburg says.
Emergency workers reportedly had difficulty reaching those crushed.
City officials were said to have chosen not to evacuate the grounds of the day-long festival immediately, fearing it might spark more panic.
City spokesman Frank Kopatschek said: "The crisis meeting determined not to stop the event because at the moment there are too many people on the grounds."
Many of those attending appeared unaware of what had happened.
The event attracts music fans from all over the world, with floats from Brazil, Russia, the Netherlands, Spain and Australia among other nations.
The floats had been expected to parade through the city for 10 hours.
Many top international DJs also perform.
The event began in Berlin in 1989 as a peace demonstration and developed into a huge open-air music festival.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10751899