"My boyfriend pulled me out over the bodies, otherwise we would both have died in there. How can I ever forget those faces? The faces of the dead."
25 July 2010 | [Read Entire Article HERE]
Stampede at German Love Parade festival kills 19
[ ... Excerpt ... ] " ... German President Christian Wulff issued a statement saying: "It is terrible that such a catastrophe brought death, suffering and pain to a peaceful festival full of happy young people from many countries."
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 Link) ... "
" ... The original Berlin Love Parade reportedly grew from a 1989 peace demonstration into a huge outdoor celebration of club culture that drew about 1.5 million people at its peak in 1999."
British DJ at the festival: ''Organisers told us to carry on playing."
At least 19 people have been killed in a stampede at the Love Parade dance music festival in the German city of Duisburg, police have said.
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