AFP - Angry survivors demanded answers from organisers Sunday after 19 people were killed in a stampede at Germany's Love Parade and prosecutors launched an inquiry into how the tragedy unfolded. At a heated press conference in the western German city of Duisburg, officials said 18 of the dead had been identified, including six foreigners, from Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, China and two from Spain. By Jessica SALTZ Berlin, Germany Eyewitnesses recall a tsunami wave of people pushing forward - Jessica Saltz, 25/07/10Deputy police chief Detlef von Schmeling said the victims, aged between 20 and 40, died as they scrambled to escape from a crush in a narrow, overcrowded tunnel that served as the only entrance to the festival grounds.
AFP - Angry survivors demanded answers from organisers Sunday after 19 people were killed in a stampede at Germany's Love Parade and prosecutors launched an inquiry into how the tragedy unfolded.
At a heated press conference in the western German city of Duisburg, officials said 18 of the dead had been identified, including six foreigners, from Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, China and two from Spain.
German prosecutors have seized documents relating to the planning of the Love Parade in Duisburg, where 19 people died and hundreds of others were injured on Saturday in a stampede near a tunnel leading to the festival grounds. Rolf Haferkamp, spokesman for the Duisburg state prosecutors' office, said he could not speak about the content of the numerous documents that were seized, but that the investigation was ongoing and that only afterward could it be determined who was responsible. Meanwhile Duisburg Mayor Adolf Sauerland received scathing criticism from several media outlets, and told public broadcaster WDR that he would consider calls for his resignation.
German prosecutors have seized documents relating to the planning of the Love Parade in Duisburg, where 19 people died and hundreds of others were injured on Saturday in a stampede near a tunnel leading to the festival grounds.
Rolf Haferkamp, spokesman for the Duisburg state prosecutors' office, said he could not speak about the content of the numerous documents that were seized, but that the investigation was ongoing and that only afterward could it be determined who was responsible.
Meanwhile Duisburg Mayor Adolf Sauerland received scathing criticism from several media outlets, and told public broadcaster WDR that he would consider calls for his resignation.
