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Duisburg, Germany - At least 10 people died Saturday at a techno-music festival in the German city of Duisburg when crowds of people were crushed in a tunnel leading to the event grounds, police said. Early reports by news channel NTV said that 15 people had been resuscitated by emergency rescue staff following the crush at the Love Parade event, which reportedly occurred when a security control point was overwhelmed by festival goers.

BERLIN — At least 10 people were killed and another 15 injured when mass panic broke out Saturday in a tunnel at an annual celebration of techno music in western Germany. The deaths occurred at the Love Parade in Duisburg, near Duesseldorf, where thousands had gathered for the event.

BERLIN The German authorities have discovered leads to a possible attack on the annual Love Parade festival of techno music, drugs and nudity next month, according to the tabloid newspaper Bild. The police infiltrated a group of Arab terrorists who smuggled 11 pounds (5 kilograms) of explosives into Berlin with the help of Albanian Muslims for possible use in a car bomb, the paper said, citing a classified report from the Berlin police. According to Bild, the group is led by a Palestinian from Lebanon. A police spokesman declined to confirm or deny the report but said there was "no...