Crowd dynamics in the spotlight after Duisburg disaster
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 06:07
in Psychology & Sociology
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Love Parade in Duisburg in western Germany on 24th July was supposed to be a night of music and celebration for the estimated 1.4 million revelers, but it became a catastrophe, with 21 dead and over 300 injured in a stampede as they tried to escape from a crowd disturbance in the only exit/entrance tunnel for the site.