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A 21-year-old American woman died after being assaulted and pushed down a slope by an American man near one of Germany’s most popular tourist sights, Neuschwanstein Castle, in Bavaria, according to local police.
The woman died overnight after sustaining serious injuries, police in Bavaria said in a statement issued Thursday.
The victim had gone for a hike on Wednesday with her friend, a 22-year-old American woman, near the historic “Marienbrücke,” a bridge known for its views of the Neuschwanstein Castle.
The two women then met a 30-year-old American man who persuaded them to follow him down a hidden trail leading to a viewpoint, according to police.
Both women were American tourists and the man was previously unknown to them, Thomas Hoermann, a spokesperson at the prosecutor’s office in the town of Kempten in Bavaria, told CNN.
