Officials in western Germany say at least 19 people have been killed and 80 injured in a stampede at the famed Love Parade techno music festival in the German city of Duisburg. The annual event is meant to celebrate music, love and peace. Rescue workers competed for attention with nearby electronic music. "Please make the road free" a man shouted through a loudspeaker as his team tried to reach a scene of carnage.
Officials said the deaths and injuries occured when panic broke out among huge crowds in a roughly 600 meter long tunnel leading towards the day-long open air Love Parade festival in the German city of Duisburg. Soon after the incident, television footage showed rescue workers and others trying to attend to victims. Source: VOA
