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Berlin Festival shut over Love Parade crush fears |
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Written by Infusion Crew
Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:52 |
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Police and organisers aborted the Berlin Festival four hours early last Friday night, after crowds of revellers became dangerously crushed trying to enter one of the indoor arenas to see 2 Many DJs and Fatboy Slim. Press reports said a few clubbers booed and threw cups as pressure built up outside the entrance to Hangar 4, prompting organisers to cancel the entire event following police advice, at 2.40am. Speaking about the cancellation the next morning, the organiser implicitly linked their decision to shut down early to the recent Love Parade disaster in which 21 revellers were crushed to death. "Discontinuing the festival was indeed a very hard decision that many might think of as too cautious. In the context of current security debates, it was carried out deliberately and with great safety precautions for our festival audience in mind," they explained in a statement posted on their website.
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