The mass panic at the Love Parade in Duisburg was twelve years ago. The tragedy has not been forgotten to this day. what politics does.
Düsseldorf/Duisburg – Twelve years after the Loveparade disaster in Duisburg, those affected continue to receive financial support from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
From a second aid fund of five million euros set up at the end of 2020, more than 4.3 million euros had been paid out to the bereaved and injured by March 31, 2022, the Düsseldorf State Chancellery announced on Sunday before the twelfth anniversary of the accident.
“Twelve years ago, North Rhine-Westphalia was shaken by an accident that still causes horror and grief today – 21 people lost their lives at the Love Parade in Duisburg,” said Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) according to the announcement on Saturday. The aid fund is an important signal that the mental suffering and the pain of the relatives and the injured will not be forgotten.
Financial aid for relatives and injured persons
“It is therefore a good and important sign that the second relief fund is also being very well received. I strongly encourage all beneficiaries who have not previously applied for assistance to do so. We stand by those affected and don’t leave them alone,” promised Wüst.
Beneficiaries can submit an application for financial aid to the Unfallkasse NRW in an unbureaucratic process up until December 31, 2023. Then the application period ends. According to the information, payments were made from the second relief fund in 19 deaths to survivors and 615 injured.
At the Love Parade in Duisburg on July 24, 2010, a mass panic broke out on the site of a former goods station. 21 people lost their lives and several hundred were injured. dpa
