Crush after panic leaves at least 18 revellers dead and about 100 injured at music festival in Duisburg
Kate Connolly
guardian.co.uk
24 July 2010
At least 18 people died at the Love Parade music festival in Germany today when they were crushed inside a tunnel during a stampede caused by panic.
Nine women and six men were among the dead, according to police. A further 10 people had to be resuscitated, while about 100 people were injured.
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The disaster happened when revellers took a short cut through a tunnel that was too narrow to cope with the crowds.
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