A young tourist died in agony after falling 50ft as she tried to escape a mugger.
A red car pulled up alongside Alma Bohadana and her friend as they returned from a sightseeing trip on Monday (6 May).
According to pal Dan Hen, one of the car’s occupants demanded that Alma, 22, hand over her belongings.
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As he moved towards her, she tried to move away.
But she ended up falling over the knee-height wall on the edge of the road they were on.
She fell about 50ft into a wooded area, while her assailant and his accomplices fled the scene.
Dan immediately went down the stairs looking for his friend, but he struggled to find her because it was dark and the area was covered in trees.
When he found her, she was crying in pain.
When firefighters reached the scene in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Israeli tourist Alma was dead.
Dan had travelled to Rio with another friend to see Madonna perform.
They had just met Alma, who was travelling solo through Brazil.
She and Dan were making their way back from the Christ the Redeemer statue when the horror unfolded.
Alma sustained several fractures in the fall, as reported on Need to Know.
Her body was still at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the time of reporting.
The police have interviewed at least three people so far.
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