(CNN) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a thorough investigation into the stampede at a music festival that resulted in the death of 19 people over the weekend.
In a television interview Merkel said: "Now an intensive investigation is needed to find out what really happened."
And in a statement released by the German government Monday, Merkel added that she was "horrified and saddened" by the tragedy at the Love Parade in Duisburg, that also left up to 400 people injured, according to local police.
"Many young people who were delighted to be going to the event have had... terrible memories and we have to do everything to make sure that something like this does not happen again."
Merkel said the federal administration had offered full support to the North Rhine Westphalia regional government.
The organizer of Love Parade said Sunday that the event would never be held again.
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