Arteveldehogeschool- English for law practice reportRodrigues carmen 2RP1 16-08-2010

Crush at German music festival Love Parade kills 21 people

Index

Love Parade

Love Parade edition 2010

Organizers Love Parade

Investigation Love Parade

Victims Love Parade

Love Parade

Founder Matthias Rouingh / DJ dr.Motte

1989

“Friede,Freude,Eierkuchen”

1993: international character

Love Parade

1994-2001: biggest techno-event in the world

2001-2005: Years of glory are over

2005: bankrupty

2006: new sponser

Love Parade

Lovapent GmbH

Mc fit

Rainer schaller

2006-2009 : popularity is coming back

24-07-2010 : Love Parade in Duisburg

Love Parade edition 2010

24 th July 2010

Duisburg – former goods station

250.000 m²

Capacity for 200.000 people

“Art of love”

Love parade edition 2010

Between 200.000 and 1.4 million expected visitors

+- 400.000 visitors in Duisburg

3200 police and security people

Tunnel „Karl-Lehr-Strasse‟ – 5 m breadth

Love Parade edition 2010

1 entrance and exit

One road -25 m breadth

Overcrowded

Panic

Mass-hysteria

Organizers Love Parade edition 2010

Organization Love Parade

A lot of people involved:

- People with an important role

- -People with a less important roll

- accused for the responsabily of 21 victims in the case of Duisburg 2010

Organizers Love Parade edition 2010

Adolf Sauerland: Burgomaster of Dui

sburg.

Planning and preparation Love Parade

Refuses to resign

Received a lot of deadthreats

Police protection

Organizers Love Parade edition 2010

Carsten Walter:

Psychologist of the Love Parade

In charge of the safety

Camera security

Keeping an eye on the visitors

Failed in his job

Organizers Love Parade edition 2010

Police and firedepartment of Duisburg

400.000 visitors

3.200 police on hand

Responded to late

Didn‟t help the visitors

Organizers Love Parade edition 2010

Rainer Schaller : ownercompany LovapentGmbH

Head organizer of the Love Parade

Insurance with AXA for7.5 million Euros

Organizers Love Parade edition 2010

Matthias Rouingh/ DrMotte

Founder Love Parade

Distanced himself in 2006

Claims he‟s notresponsible

Invcstigation Love parade 2010

Minister of internal affairs of Noordrijn-Westfalen

Authority investigation police force of Keulen

Research commission in Keulen

The public prosecution Service of Keulen

Victims Love Parade 2010

21 victims of different nationalities

Cause of death

509 people wounded

Project Duisburg monument

Victims Love Parade 2010

Tunnel : memorial for the public

Memorial ceremony in the Salvator Churc

Football station MSV Duisburg + other churches in the city

Victims Love Parade 2010

Out of respect for the victims of the Love Parade in Duisburg 2010 there will never be a German music festival Love Parade again.