Festival
The incident occurred after that is evenhanded panic among attendees, who tried to escape the compound. Two Spanish women were among the 21 dead. 16 people have a summary open as stewards of the tragedy. Then the event organizer, or the Mayor of the city where it was held, Duisburg, attend events in memory of the tragedy. Hundreds of Duisburg citizens deposited this Saturday lit candles, flowers, messages, photos and Dedications in the tunnel where a year ago triggered the tragedy of the Loveparade, which killed 21 people (among them, two Spanish) to unleash panic among the crowd. Karl-Lehr tunnel and the adjacent staircase, which dozens of young people tried to escape feeling trapped in the crowd, were covered of flowers, white and red, in remembrance of the victims of the disaster, that occurred exactly a year ago. These acts spontaneous population reminders will continue to a ceremony in the football stadium of the City, which will begin at 1300 GMT. The Act is intended by institutional party, to assist the Prime Minister of State North Rhine-Westphalia, Hannelore Kraft, among others.
The Mayor of Duisburg, Adolf Sauerland, will not go, however, as neither it did in ceremonies last year, out of respect for the feelings of the relatives and the victims, explained both in previous days. The Organizer will not attend, for the same reason, then event, Rainer Schaller. Sauerland (as the organizer of the Loveparade) is continues him partly responsible for the tragedy, while responsible last will authorize a party that you knew was going to be massive for which finally accurate safety devices had not been made. Sauerland, who continues in Office despite the many criticisms to his management, apologized a few weeks ago publicly, for the first time by a disaster in which 21 young people were killed (including the Tarragona Clara Zapater and Marta Acosta ), and another 500 were injured. As Mayor of this city I charge with moral responsibility for that incident. Excuse me with all those affected and injured is a personal need, said Sauerland in a statement during a meeting of the plenary session of the City Council. Killed by suffocation or crushing the local prosecutor’s Office has open case against 16 people related to the tragedy of the techno festival, between those eleven local government officials, four employees of the Organization of the show and a policeman found.
In June, the Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that suspicions point to the administration of Duisburg, police and the Organization of the Loveparade. The tragedy of July 24, 2010 was precipitated to stay trapped a multitude in the access to the tunnel, for which there was no emergency exits. Most of the victims died of suffocation or crushed by other young people than trying desperately to escape the human avalanche. Source of the news: a year of the tragedy of the Loveparade, meets the Festival that ended with 21 dead.