A tourist died after being pushed into a precipice in front of Neuschwanstein Palace in Bavaria

AND 21 year old tourist died of severe injuries sustained when a man pushed her to the bottom of a precipice near the famous palace Neuschwansteinin the German region Bavarian, according to a police spokesman who reported this Thursday. His 22-year-old friend She also suffered serious injuries when she plunged into the same ravine after being attacked by a suspected citizen 30-year-old American who was detained, and whose identity is not known.

The Kempten prosecutor’s office emphasized that the events took place on Wednesday near the Marienbrücke. The word is oa iron pedestrian bridge it is located at a height of 90 meters and was built in the middle of the 19th century, from which you can admire the palace built by the Bavarian king Ludwig II.

The man and the two girls reportedly met by chance on the bridge during a visit to the romantic-style historic building and both joined him on the trip.

“The man apologized and directed the two women to a semi-hidden path that led to a place with a view,” explained the police. There attacked up to 21 years. When her 22-year-old friend wanted to jump in to help her, “He strangled her and pushed her down the gorge”, according to the police report, which states that he then tried to sexually abuse the younger of the two girls. Seeing that he was resisting, man he also pushed her into the gorgewhere she and her friend fell about 50 meters deep.

Extensive police involvement

German police stated that the first calls for help were sent around 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday and that the mountain rescue service in the city of Füssen immediately helped the two women. The eldest was able to communicate and was injured and taken to a nearby hospital. However, the minor was seriously injured and transferred to the clinic by helicopter, where she died at night due to the severity of her injuries.

Man He ran away, but he was soon arrested by the police and is in pre-trial detention. The police deployed extensive resources to locate the aggressor. In this regard, local media reports that agents searched for him with 25 vehicles, two police helicopters and a unit of sniffer dogs.

The prosecution charges the man with two criminal offences murder and attempted murder, as well as third parties sexual assault. The state attorney’s office and the police are not familiar with the attacker’s motives and are now trying to reconstruct the facts, also with the help of a unit of alpine agents ready to work on steep terrain.