One Chinese citizen confirmed dead in German stampede
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The Chinese consulate-general in Germany's Frankfurt confirmed Sunday that one Chinese female citizen was killed in a stampede in western Germany on Saturday that has claimed at least 19 lives.
The Chinese woman was killed in the mass panic during the love parade, a techno music festival held in the western German city of Duisburg Saturday afternoon, said Wang Xiting, deputy consul-general of the Chinese consulate-general in Frankfurt.
The consulate-general was keeping in touch with local police, and some diplomats have gone to Duisburg for further details and aftermath, Wang told Xinhua in a telephone interview.
It is inconvenient to unveil the identity of the victim currently, he added.
A local deputy police chief said Sunday in a press conference that four foreigners were among the 19 victims in the mass panic, who were from China, the Netherlands, Australia and Italy.
The death toll of the stampede has risen to at least 19 while all together 342 people were injured, the police confirmed on Sunday morning.
Sixteen people died on the scene and the other three seriously injured died in hospital.
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