At least 18 people were killed and dozens more injured in a stampede at the German techno-music festival Love Parade.
Fans were crushed to death when “mass panic” caused a stampede at the entrance tunnel to the music festival, BBC News reported.
“There was no escape, people were standing over me like a wall,” Raver Marius, an eyewitness said, according to The Guardian. “I was afraid I die.”
At least 10 people had to be resuscitated following the stampede at the grounds in the northeast city of Duisburg. Police say the situation was “very chaotic”" and that the details of what happened remain unclear.
Police commissioner Juergen Kieskemper said that police closed off the area leading to the parade because it was already overcrowded. Cops then told the festival-goers to turn around and walk back the way they had arrived, The Associated Press said.
The Love Parade is an annual music festival that began as a peace demonstration in 1989. It was originally held in Berlin, but moved to the Ruhr region in the west of the country in 2007.
Each year, hundreds of thousands attend from all over the world to see top techno DJs and parade floats from many different countries.
Love Parade did not immediately respond to a call and an e-mail from AOL News seeking comment.
The party continued even after the deaths, with many of the revelers unaware of the accident. At least one million were expected to attend the event.
Police originally reported that 10 people died in the stampede. The AP reported that emergency services had trouble reaching the injured.
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