German police: 4 people die on Bavarian mountains
Posted March 13, 2022 7:00 am
BERLIN (AP) - Police in Germany said Sunday that four people have fallen to their deaths while hiking in the Bavarian Prealps.
State police said three people died Saturday at the Maiwand, a mountain southeast of Munich near the border with Austria.
Police said those killed were a couple, ages 35 and 44, and a 35-year-old man, all from Bavaria. A woman, who was on an Alpine hike with the victims, witnessed their fall and was able to call emergency services.
In a separate incident, a 28-year-old American man was found dead below the north face of the Benediktenwand mountain south of Munich early Sunday. Police said he had been reported missing by his partner.
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