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Plaque unveiled at site of Germany's Love Parade tragedy
Sep 4, 2010, 10:03 GMT
Duisburg - A plaque was unveiled on Saturday to commemorate the victims of Germany's Love Parade tragedy, where 21 people died and more than 500 were injured in a crush at a music festival in the western city of Duisburg.
The bronze plaque that simply reads, 'Duisburg remembers the victims of the Love Parade - July 24, 2010,' was mounted to a wall near the place where the crush occurred after panic broke out among festivalgoers at an access tunnel.
The victims included people from Italy, China, Australia, Spain, the Netherlands and Bosnia.
Saturday marked the end of the official period of mourning, after which the road and tunnel will reopen to traffic.
An artist is to sound a drum in the tunnel throughout the day, and Duisburg citizens planned to place candles, photos and commemorative items in a glass cube, to remain on site for the coming months.
Separate investigations have in turn blamed Duisburg city authorities, event organizers and the police for lapses in security and planning for the event.
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