An American man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting two female tourists near Neuschwanstein castle in southern Germany, an attack that left one of the women dead, authorities said.
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#NBCNews #Castle #Germany
OMG 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Of all places!
😊I went to that castle in 2015
How much do the tickets and tours cost? And how do you get there?
Those women probably had it coming.
You’re sick
I could think of a few more 😁
Y’all wild 😂😂🤣
These comments are insane. Wow just Wow.
Oh wow we got some lil edge lord wannabes in the comments how cute
This is exactly why I’ve never gone to Germany!
@Lgr Really? Any European country? Are you aware of the war occurring right now?
@Connor the Ukraine isn’t part of Schengen, not part of the EU
@Lgr You said Europe. Not EU.
@Lgr Germany is also part of Schengen you genius.
@Connor *woosh*
this guy had the money and time and physical ability to travel the world , and now he is going to prison for life , true loser
When the guilty party and crime is so obvious, why waist time, money, and resources on prosecution??? Just through him of the side of the mountain, if he survives, throw him off a higher one.
But what were their pronouns?! Reeeeeee
What’s the matter? Can’t find your way back to your prepper compound, your safe space from the mean gays?
I know you think that no one will like you for you, so you mask your insecurity by claiming to not care. But here’s advice: even though you’re ugly, not smart, and have no social graces, there are still people who would be your friend. Would be. If it weren’t for the fact that you’re ugly inside too.
Are you actually this insane? this tragedy happens and you are trying to ridicule it, have some decency.
When they are airlifting the body people were laughing?! One guy said “I was having a nice day until this”. How self absorbed can people be?
@The Raddish Patch I’ve been a nurse 15 years and that’s so untrue. We may get used to death but mocking it is not the same.
@Hotaru25 delusional
@Andre Gerritzen delusional again
@Lavender Oh Desilusional for stating the truth? Don’t tell me, you’re also american? Aren’t you even embarrassed to comment? Truth hurts, I know. Get over yourself!
Right. You’d rather him say “well this made my day better”??? Weirdo.
that was weird
What kind of a Creature does this ?
The kind America has mastered the process of manufacturing.
we don know the story behind it but it could be a femicide
it’s a hate crime.
@Leedl bagginshield It is femicide. One woman died.
@Rose James No, it’s not.
See, that’s why I don’t go to German castles.
@Hotaru25 What is wrong with you? Tourism is a vital part of the economy of most countries in the world.
@Cecilia Rauth What’s wrong with you? Tourism is tourism and killers are killers. Different things. Get your facts straight.
@Hotaru25 Your reply stated that Americans should stop coming to Germany. That means tourists. Duh!
@Cecilia Rauth Yo, lady! Clearly you understand what you want. I thought it was clear what I was implying… We don’t want this kind of behavior from them, those who behave like this should stay away from us (thus, stop coming). If you know as a person that you really can’t behave outside your country, then don’t go abroad. Simple as that. And bad tourists can bring more harm than money. So nobody wants that. And it fails me to understand why the hll are you upset about?? If you want this kind of tourists, be my guest. But we don’t like it. Each to their own…
@Hotaru25 Your reply was that Americans should stop coming to Germany. Say what you mean. You caused the confusion because you didn’t state what you meant. I’m not angry. You are! 😳 Re-read your comments to me. Get a clue. Do you really think bad actors care about whether or not you want them in your country? They are not swayed by opinions they don’t even care about. They are not even paying attention to them. Your anger is being directed at people who do care, which is why they watched the video in the first place, and why they are reading and replying to the comments posted under the video. You need to take a course in logic, and get some anger management therapy.
That’s so awful. My condolences to the family.
This is so sad.
That’s EFF’D up
I visited this castle less than a year ago.
Such a shame for Americans. 😞
Women in Germany are much more independent and often do things and go places solo. they know they’re gonna be safe in their own country.
I’m just very ashamed right now for being an American 😞
Yes, americans come to destroy our peace. We don’t want them here anymore! We want to be safe, our children and families to be safe. Don’t bring crime here!
@Soraya Gehring so it was an internal fight
@James Watson yes it was, between 3 U.S. citizens, yet unbelievably strange and weird the whole case ..even in the U.S. you would expect it in bad districts, parts of the town , nighttime and not in Disleyland ..
There are millions of people here in America, from all over the world. This guy was ONE crazy nut job. Feeling embarrassed for being American is like saying the Germans should all be ashamed because of Hitler and what they allowed him to do, an attempted genocide, in their country. Although many Germans did endorse such idologies at the time. The masses are not responsible for the actions of one man.
@Soraya GehringThough the Disney Castle is based on Neuschwanstein, the area around the castle is hardly comparable to Disney World. It’s mainly forrests and quite a few trekking paths on which one can be for hours without seeing anyone. So it has nothing to do with “bad areas” but simply with a perpetrator who knew an area with a lot of potential victims and a place close by with as little as possible foot traffic. That unfortunately can happen anywhere, even in “safe” areas
Oh my God, how horrible!!! People are becoming unhinged!!!!! No thought process at all, just evil in their mind’s……😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹…….
So very sad.😢
American on American crime in Germany
@Bambina Forever US Tourist
@Bambina ForeverWow you are not even trying to hide that you are totally racist/islamophobic
@Bambina Foreverfirst i think too that but is a US tourist
Death penalty is to nice for this person….. lock ’em in solitary confinement for life.
Too nice, not to nice. And no… solitary confinement for life is tantamount to torture, which is contrary to widely adhered to principles regarding human rights, thank God.
I didn’t realize that there were psychopaths outside of the US !!
I thought we cornered the market.
the assailant was an American
Export
Guess you didn’t even watch the video. The psychopath is AMERICAN.
It breaks my heart that you can not visit such a beautiful, magnificent castle with out fear. Is there no where safe in this world.
Apparently not, if you’re a woman.😢
There’s never been anywhere safe in this world
Europe is way safer than usa.
No. We live on earth. Wake up
I would sincerely recommend having an Airlite Smith & Wesson 5 shot Peace of Mind device in your purse to provide insurance coverage.
Just horrible! I swear, women should start arming themselves when going out. I mean this happened in broad daylight and the suspect had to of known he would be caught and it didn’t phase him…There are really monsters out there!
No, they just have to avoid US Tourists.
@WarriorPoet literally shut up y’all are so obsessed with blaming Americans. I mean, yeah this guy was American. But you guys make it a big deal. Of cOuRsE iT waS An AmeRicAn 🤓☝🏻 is all y’all say. Anyone could do this. Anyone could be monster enough to do this
Had to HAVE known, not had to OF known.
Every crime that produces death or repeated violent crimes should be met with the death penalty, no exceptions.
So someone thinking they have the power and life and death should be met with someone thinking they have the power of life and death. Makes perfect sense if you want the same broken individuals leading society as preying upon it.
In US, since taxpayers pay for the both prosecution and defense for appeals it’s cheaper to give them life.
@The Raddish Patch First off, everyone has the power of life and death – some act on it, most do not – we all know this. Equating a legal system which recognizes the death penalty as a valid means of ensuring the safety of it’s citizens to “someone thinking they have power of life and death” and “these broken individuals leading society” is absolutely ludicrous. Florida and Texas both have the death penalty, so in your mind their leaders are broken and preying on society? This is not a reasonable comparison.
@Cap Carter ” Florida and Texas both have the death penalty, so in your mind their leaders are broken and preying on society?” The R associated with their name answers this for me. Of course they’re broken. Backwards. Backwoods. Barbarians. Rationalize it however you need to in order to feel superior but if you think any process or test or intuition gives you the power of life and death over another human being then you are straight up 100% a broken individual. Regardless of geographic location or percentage of local populace broken in the same manner.
Beautiful place
This wouldn’t have happened if we had just banned the guns.
BS
Meat eaters destroying more people
I only hope this American psychopath gets a dose of actual justice in Germany, unlike in America these days. Sympathies to friends and family for the heart breaking loss.
I am afraid it’s the other way round ! Laws are much less severe in Europe than in the U.S. unfortunately !
@Soraya Gehring Well that’s certainly disheartening to read.
sorry but the justice in germany is very terrible
@Cap Carter The reason the penalties in Germany are less severe is that our justice system is not about punishing like with like. So turn people into monsters through punishment and imprisonment, but to resocialize them and enable their right to free development.
@We_Rule _sky Amen! The American obsession with vengeance and punitive punishment does next to nothing to rehabilitate offenders and reduce the rate of recidivism. The U.S. carceral state is an abject failure.
— An American attorney (currently non-practicing).
Mercy for the family
Feels like America is producing lunatics more & more..
The suspect was also American. Suspect and victims did not seem to know each other.
Yeah just horrible !!!
Unfortunately he will not be prosecuted in the US. Jail like will be easier and shorter in Germany. We will also not be able to follow that case as intense as u can in the US. Just horrible!
Lol Germany can have them extradited if the usa wants to proceed with its own set of charges
@Kmfkang 89 Germany has jurisdiction. They have no legal obligation to extradite the perpetrator.
I’ve visited that castle before. Never imagined such a nightmare could happen in a such a picturesque dreamscape
It’s going to be a trend now
The man from the US lead the 2 female US-tourists to a path off the beaten track. There he sexually assaulted on the them while the second female tried to help her friend. He choked this woman and pushed her into a ravine. After this he obviously sexually assaulted the first victim and pushed her into the ravine, too. This woman died, the other one seems to have suffered “only” minor injuries and is still in hospital.
@SabaI’d heard that yesterday on the news and it took until now to find anything more about it!
I wonder why?
@Allison Harbor I just don’t know. The good news are that the 2nd woman is expected to leave the hospital today or tomorrow.
😮😮😮😮 omg!!!
😢😮😮😮
Another dude that has been rejected too many times and lashed out in a temper tantrum
So a lunatic was bored and decided to go on vacation in Germany and then he does this wow what a sick man .💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
The outfil to this video is so heartless
Punish him with the legal systems from both countries!
Not possible. The U.S. has a principle of law called “double jeopardy.” An offender cannot be prosecuted twice for the same crime.
@Cecilia Rauth pretty sure Germany doesn’t have it, so yes possible.
@Sparda Prowess Wrong! Germany will prosecute the perpetrator. The U.S. will not. Consequently, he cannot be punished by the legal systems from both countries. Use common sense!
Does Germany have the death penalty?
No
@AE Ty
the justice in germany is very teririble like life sentence is in germany 15-25 years
@Hörspiele van Beethoven Thank you.
@Hörspiele van Beethoven “Terrible” is the correct English spelling. The U.S. carceral state is an abject failure. The American obsession with vengeance and punitive punishment does next to nothing to rehabilitate offenders and reduce the rate of recidivism. Don’t call German criminal justice terrible if it indeed rehabilitates prisoners before allowing them to re-enter society.
typical entitled white man
Who pushed them? Moslem immigrant as usual? Who behaves like that otherwise? Noone
White American man.
Wow I can’t believe American did this, embarrassing
Not hard to imagine. Two young American women trusted a fellow American with evil thought in mind to be lured away from the crowed. If the man speaks no English or broken English, or looks like a middle eastern/African migrant, I don’t they would be easily fooled. Don’t trust any strange Americans in the States. Don’t trust them overseas either.
I can.
Show the criminal.
No
Why does that matter?
I went to many castles when stationed in Germany sad to hear this
A woman is murdered and they’re just laughing it off like a bird pooped on their heads.
They would be more distressed and bothered if a bird pooped on their head actually
Americans. One was a murderer. Why wonder?
@Hotaru25 So you think no people of other nationalities have ever committed murder?🙄
Ya because of course they knew exactly what was going on….the first job once the police gets to a crime scene in Germany is to tell anyone they can, what exactly happened. People like you just astonish me for the lack of spending a second to think their comments through….
A helicopter airlifts someone (which by the way happens so many times in a season, because people discover Reinhold Messner within themselves and start trekking up paths which are clearly not meant for them. And then they have to get airlifted to get down again…happens 3 times a week easily…
The beginning of my nightmare
Why are those Germans laughing?
@Agresseur You think I don’t know german? Those who speak in german don’t laugh and don’t say ANYTHING about their day being ruined because of the murder… Those who speak in english say that and they also laugh. Get your ears checked.
@Hotaru25 Well in either case it is a tragedy that those tourists attacked and one murdered. I wonder if the male was a US serviceman? Someone goes on holiday of a lifetime and an murderous American shows up.
@Agresseur 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ The murderer and the victims were all americans!
@Hotaru25 who tf cares if they’re American or not it’s not a big deal
@Agresseur There, not their.
It was an immigrant, who entered the country through the same open borders policy that all western oligarchs pushed through in Europe.
Soon because America follows suit thi gs like this will happen there as well.
Good luck to the survivor, may the perpetrator get locked up.
You are wrong. The offender and the two victims all are US citizens visiting Germany.
Though maybe you are right and he wanted to emigrate to Germany as so many other US Americans already did.
😢
Why are people laughing in the background? This is horrendous
Americans 🤮
Ehmm….because they have no idea what’s going on!? Only thing they saw that day, was people being airlifted. You know how many times that happens in a season when tourists decide they have discovered Reinhold Messner in themselves, start hiking up into the woods, and then sprain an akle, break a leg, fall or are just too exhausted to continue before the night falls?
These guys just filmed something which they likely have never seen before, in addition to not having a clue what’s going on. Would be appropriate to remember that before judging them.
I think he should be brought back to the states for processing! Jails and prisons in Germany are no different from mini luxury motels!
Ha, where did you see this?
Ridiculous comment. Germany has jurisdiction. It has no legal obligation to extradite the perpetrator. No prison is a luxury motel. Luxury motels don’t hold people captive against their will. German prisons may be more humane and focused on rehabilitation, but they are not luxury motels. The American obsession with vengeance and punitive punishment does next to nothing to rehabilitate offenders and reduce the rate of recidivism. The U.S. carceral state is an abject failure.
— An American attorney (currently non-practicing).
I always thought there was something off about Theo Von.
The person who you think is off is Theo Smith.
Who was the attacker where’s the police photo???
there are privacy laws, even for criminals. You never see the full name or a photo of those people in Germany.
The attacker is reported to be a US American. As are the two young women.
No pictures. We don’t deal with crime in that gonzo way.
Throw him OVER the BRIDGE,and be DONE with HIM!
😂😂😂😂 no extradition! Give him life!
Unlikely to happen in Germany.
@Cecilia RauthWell, again not necessarily right. While the law defines a “life” sentence in Germany to be a maximum of 25 years, in certain cases (especially murder) additional (and unlimited in length) detention can be ordered by the court. This can happen at sentencing i.e. life with additional detention, or the detention can be added at the end of the 25 year “life” sentence, should the prisoner for example have committed further crimes in prison or is found to further be a danger to society.
@Tamborean A life sentence without the possibility of parole in the U.S. means life. A life sentence with the possibility of parole means that a term of less than life may be served, may not be, depending on if parole is granted or denied. We don’t have “life” sentences that mean 25 years or any other number of years less than life. The original comment stated: “Give him life.” I said that’s “unlikely to happen in Germany.” Your comment just confirmed what I stated. The possibility of “additional detention” does not guarantee a life sentence in Germany.
Terrible. I was actually there that day. We went out to the bridge. I don’t know what time this happened, but it couldn’t have been too long after we left.
Such evil man who did that to the two young women have to be dealt with accordingly.
Were they jewish?
Asians
@Oscar south or east I am not a yank.
@James Watson East
@Oscar that is odd for those types, they keep their head down.
No!
HATE CRIME OF AMERICANS AGAINST ASIANS EVEN OVERSEAS….
He fits the description.
I hope that wasn’t her daughter but odds are it was. If the victims are from Florida, Texas, or South Carolina extradite him.
A Biden supporter 100%
nar this dude is right wing woman hater
How tf is this related to politics?? My god! You are so obsessed it’s embarrassing
Stop with the Biden vs.Trump STUPID, IRRELEVANT comments! Ugh!👎👎👎🤮🤮🤮
When america sends their people….they send this man. Imagine what kind of savage his parents were. Looks like he made to germany some how on welfare
Of course he would be an American man, how could he not, straight up trash 🗑
An insecure and jealous American man being turned down by American women in the US, then travels to Europe to get rejected again, only to murder a young lady & injuring her friend. Death penalty or life in prison without parole.
Was it a Muslim man?
he white
No one knows.
Dumb question. He’s US American. So one of yours.
Stay away from American tourists!
Death penalty
No.
Random
There are wolves that take the lives of children. Warn the little ones in your family. Tell them that they sometimes come growling in the distance giving you time to run. Sometimes they come with a smile and a handshake.
I love how they’re not mentioning that both victims are Asian women. The West’s anti-Chinese propaganda has consequences and NBC is part of the problem.
🙁
I feel so sorry for these women, hope the younger one rests in peace and the older one who tried to save her gets well soon. This is why most women are still afraid of traveling alone. And this happened in a modern country by another modern country citizen. Think the rest of the world.
Boycott germany if the authorities don’t punish the killer heavily
The killer was an American
@Lil Vloss Irrational reply.
1 in 2 people in germany are mentally unstable. no surprise here, and they hate english speakers FYI.
The assailant is from the United States.
Oof.. gross..
Information for those who apparently need it
Your pleasure is NEVER more important then another things LIFE.
Even eating all tho pleasurable is a necessity, unlike getting off in the next 5 mins.
disturbing.
reminds me of that case in Kenya where a Chinese tour guide stabbed a Chinese woman to death at hotel.
Remember, Germany will rise as hatred is embedded in their population by the millions. Don’t let their government fool you as hate is very well the majority and will eventually overthrow their weak government. This is what happens when you let minorities into your country.
BS that was an American tourist. So we should not let tourists come into our country!!!
Germany will rise? It’s a developed nation. Perhaps, you’re confused.
imagine he pushed one woman off a 300ft slope and *then* sexually harass the other one. What a sicko! 😥
165 foot slope.
Who on Earth would even do such a thing?? What a horrible crime
Those people laughing have no sympathy.
They had no prior experience and are acting inappropriately. it’s a Defense reaction of a less than Strong mind. Not evil, just a bit panicked.
His name????
You won’t get his name if he gets prosecuted in Germany
Hate crime. White men think Asian women are easy to take advantage of. Where’s the woke progressive mob when you need them? 😡
They are not saying who it is….so we can probably assume it’s someone from the “coddled race”
@Fernández it was a white guy. I saw footage of him being led away by the German cops.
@Adipose Tissue well then the Germans will throw the book at him. The whole 15 year max
🎶Gimme all your lovin’🎶😭
I left America for Japan where there’s no rage at all. Still we must be careful of American violence abroad?
I believe I can fly… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’d like your parents to read your comment.
Horrific. My sympathy and condolences to her family. My prayers for the injured tourist. My utter disgust for the attacker. How could he be so evil?
This is just shocking on so many levels. Has this man never dealt with rejection before? How many other woman has he harmed? This poor young woman about to start a great career. Condolences to her family and friends. RIP
Suspect is a 30yo American apparently…. Who knew he?
Its a terrible incident I have always said to women and men if a man is going to be attacked punch or kick or bite *the perp in the groin as hard as you can* any other arm-swinging gestures are a waste of time
Never trust strangers even if they appear friendly. You just never know their ulterior motives especially if you’re perceived to be vulnerable as the two victims.
THE BEAST.
Interesting how the American plague spreads overseas.
Why were the people in the clip laughing as they lifted a young dead woman. Sick.
Another day another psycho american
I was hoping the one that went over was German. Unfortunately it wasn’t.