Image Credit: Christoph Reichwein/Getty ImagesStampeding at the Love Parade dance music festival in Duisburg, Germany killed at least 19 people over the weekend. BBC News has a full report, with descriptions that are not for the faint of heart.
More than a million people attended the festival to see performers from around the world. The stampede apparently occurred when a narrow tunnel to the festival area became dangerously overcrowded. Local authorities are investigating why security plans failed to prevent the stampede.
In a statement quoted by BBC News, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said: “Young people came to party. Instead, there was death and injury. I am aghast and saddened by the sorrow and the pain.” The Music Mix joins her in sending our condolences to the victims’ friends and families.
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Thank God Justin Bieber was not there. I was scared for a second.
Wow, you’re hilarious make fun of the deaths of 19 people. Shame you weren’t one of them.
OMG Impostor Phil You are disgusting & horrible. And completely echo Lala’s sentiments.
The death toll has now risen to 21…SO SAD Impostor Phil isn’t one of them….
Does anyone know what caused the stampede?