On the 25th, Beijing time, the death toll from a stampede at the "Love Parade" electronic music carnival in the western German city of Duisburg has risen to 20, and 511 others were injured.

According to reports, about 1.4 million people attended the event. When the incident occurred, a large number of spectators rushed to the event site, while another group of spectators turned back home. The crowd was in the underground passage near the music festival site. Congestion occurred, causing a panic stampede.

An article published on the website of Germany's "Der Spiegel" on the 26th stated that the city of Duisburg only approved the holding of a music festival with 250,000 attendees, but nearly 1.4 million music fans went there that day. Some critics believe that this tragedy might have been avoided if the organizers had not chosen an old station with only one underground passage as the venue for the event.