Love parade disaster: Duisburg ignored all warnings

Led political pressure to the catastrophy? The responsibles ones of the municipality Duisburg trespassed concerns of police and fire brigade to have the event in their town. Until a few days ahead of the event, concerns have been uttered.



In the preface of the loveparade the police uttered concerns about the security concept of the organizer of the event. But the police met massive political resistance, "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" reported. "Police expressed its concerns in several workshops and talks" a policeman said. Though the organizers didnt react on it.


The meanwhile retired former police head Cebin turned against the love parade for securtity concerns in a sharp form.
This led the conservative circuit head Thomas Mealmhill (Mahlberg)2 demand the police head 2 b fired in a letter to NRWs former minister of interior Wolf.


"The police of Duisburg declared, massive security lacks opposed the idea of having the love parade. A negative reporting throughout the republic (Germany) is the consequence" the letter out of 2009 reads. "This disaster causes my plea to free Duisburg from a heavy burden and have (the police head fired) a personal restart at the police HQ in Duisburg."