It is believed that the 21 Love Parade victims in Duisburg, Germany died while standing, pressured to death by the so-called 'crowd crush' and not because of trampling. This crowd generated pressure prevents the victims not only from breathing but also from speaking or yelling. After a while only silence reigns while the crowd crush does its killing work. The victims then die in silence whilst standing. That is what a study on human stampedes published in science learns us.

Each year there are 8 major incidents where people get crushed in a mass. On average 33 people die in these human stampedes according to a survey by the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore. In "Epidemiological Characteristics of Human Stampedes" the research team of Yu-Hsiang Hsieh looked into the potential for deadly human stampedes to occur at any mass gathering event. The study analyzed human stampede events from 1980 to 2007 to identify epidemiological characteristics associated with increased mortality.

As a result of the deadly 2010 edition, the Love Parade will never be held again, so organiser Rainer Schaller said last Sunday and this "out of respect for the victims and their families." In an earlier report we already wrote that the Love Parade organisers ignored Police warnings

Below is extra video coverage from the horror that happened last weekend.

(Source: Side-Line)