U.S. woman dies, another injured after being pushed down gorge by man at German castle
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While visiting Neuschwanstein Castle, one American tourist was killed and another injured after an American man allegedly pushed both victims off of a cliffside.
An American man is in police custody after he allegedly pushed two women down a 50-metre gorge near Germany‘s Neuschwanstein Castle on Wednesday, killing a 21-year-old U.S. traveller.
The unnamed 21-year-old woman died in hospital as a result of her injuries, local police said Thursday. Her travelling companion, a 22-year-old American woman, was seriously injured and is still in the hospital.
Police said the two women were visiting Neuschwanstein Castle, a popular tourist destination in Bavaria, and decided to hike near the historic Marienbrücke, or Mary’s Bridge, a common pedestrian vantage point.
The two women allegedly met the suspect, a 30-year-old American man, in the area, state prosecutor Thomas Hörmann told reporters on Thursday. He said the unidentified man persuaded the women to follow him down a separate hiking trail for another viewpoint of the Disney-like castle.
Police do not believe the women and the man knew each other previously. Once isolated from the main trail, the man allegedly attacked the 21-year-old woman.
Hörmann said the attack was likely an attempted sexual assault against the younger American.
“The 22-year-old wanted to help, whereupon he strangled her and pushed her down the incline,” Hörmann said, according to The Guardian.
Afterward, the 21-year-old was also pushed into the gorge.
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