GERMANY: Revellers at a rave party near Koblenz remember Love Parade victims with white balloons

Record ID: 449794

  • Title: GERMANY: Revellers at a rave party near Koblenz remember Love Parade victims with white balloons
  • Date: 1st August 2010
  • Summary: KASTELLAUN, NEAR KOBLENZ, GERMANY (JULY 31, 2010) (REUTERS) PARTY-GOERS ARRIVING FOR NATURE ONE FESTIVAL WIDE OF CAMPING GROUND IN FIELD VARIOUS OF PEOPLE DANCING TO TECHNO MUSIC (SOUNDBITE) (German) PARTY-GOER, LUCY LUDWIG, SAYING: "I am really sad about what happened in Duisburg. I really do hope that something like that never happens again and that we have all learnt something from it." GIRL SITTING ON TOP OF CAMPER-VAN (SOUNDBITE) (German) PARTY-GOER, TINA STAETTKE, SAYING: "I think we are with them in our hearts. And i think that they would have wanted us to be here enjoying the party. I think most of them would have been here as well. We will party and still be with them in our hearts." PEOPLE QUEUING TO GET INTO FESTIVAL VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GOING THROUGH SECURITY AT FESTIVAL (SOUNDBITE) (German) EVENT ORGANISER, NIKOLAUS SHAER, SAYING: "I would never have hosted the event at that Duisburg location. It is madness to send hundreds of thousands of people through such a narrow tunnel. I can't understand what sort of idiots decided this." WIDE OF TENTS WITH SIREN GOING IN BACKGROUND VARIOUS OF WHITE BALLOONS BEING RELEASED TO COMMEMORATE LOVE PARADE VICTIMS
  • Embargoed: 16th August 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVAC2VVB9SV5757VVX6J01L6TH0L
  • Story Text: Thousands of revellers gathered for the Nature One festival on Saturday (July 31) in the German city of Kastellaun, near Koblenz.
    In their hearts and minds there was just one common thought - the 21 people killed and 500 injured in the Love Parade techno party in Duisburg the previous weekend.
    White balloons were released into the air in memory of those who died, many of whom would probably have been planning to be at the Nature One Festival.
    One party-goer said: "We will party and still be with them in our hearts."
    Festival organiser Nikolaus Schaer blamed bad organisation for the tragedy in Duisburg.
    "It is madness to send hundreds of thousands of people through such a narrow tunnel. I can't understand what sort of idiots decided this," he said.
    For electronic music fans, Nature One is considered one of the top festivals. According to organisers some 60,000 party-goers are expected this weekend for the techno event, staged on a former U.S. military base.
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