Eva Liu, 21, and Kelsey Chang, 22, were traveling together when they were both attacked.
that a U.S. national was arrested in connection with the incident, and Stefan Rinke, the Mayor of Schwangau, in Bavaria, told local media that all three people involved were American.
The women were hiking near Neuschwanstein Castle, which served as the inspiration for the castle in Disney's movie"Cinderella," when they met a 30-year-old man who told them to follow him down a trail leading to a secret viewpoint. When the two women followed him, the suspect attacked Liu, police spokesperson Holger Stabik said. Chang tried to intervene and the man choked her and pushed her down a steep slope. He then attempted to sexually assault Liu, Stabik said, before pushing her down the slope as well.Rescue workers found the two women and Liu was flown by helicopter to a hospital, where she died of her injuries.
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