Love Parade 2010: Stampede kills 19 people

Love Parade 2010: The festival has proved to be more of a tragedy than a celebration, with 19 people trampled to death in a mass stampede.

The festival took place in the Ruhr region German city of Duisburg. It has started in 1989 in Berlin, but had to move due to clashes with the authorities.

In a mass stampede that took place near the festival location, 19 people passed away (the number has increased by 4, compared to yesterday’s estimations) and 324 have been injured.

The victims were trampled in an underpass connecting a railway supplies yard to the area of the festival.

Rescue teams had to try to pass through thousands of people, many of them intoxicated, but friendly. These people had no idea of the size of the tragedy. Ambulances had to make their way through the crowd, which increased their response time.