The victim was a young woman from Rosenheim

Rosenheim/Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – A tourist from Germany died a few days ago in a terrible shark attack off the Canary Islands. Now it has been revealed: The victim is a young woman (†30) with roots in Rosenheim.

The 30-year-old was seen on September 16 with three other people – two men and another woman – on a sailing trip from Portugal to the Cape Verde Islands, off the coast of Western Sahara the terrible shark attack happened. rosenheim24.de had already reported. The young woman comes from Rosenheim and is said to have fallen from the catamaran shortly before the horror attack. still talked to her mother on the phone All this is reported by the Bild newspaper, citing, among other things, an eyewitness who observed the four Germans leaving the port of Las Palmas (Gran Canaria).

If you look for clues, you will quickly find out that Elena K. living in Rosenheim and was involved in the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences studied Hut. The young woman also completed her bachelor's degree there. Her most recent job was in purchasing and sales for a Munich-based company that operates in the health and/or Pharmaceutical industry is active.

Sailing trip started in the north of Portugal

According to the report, K. and her companions had already set off on the sailing trip south from Viana do Castelo in northern Portugal in June. The journey continued via Portimao on the Algarve across the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands before the boat set off for the African coast on September 14. Around 500 kilometers off the coast of Western Sahara, a fatal shark attack occurred. According to the Spanish maritime rescue service, K. was a leg bitten off. On the way to the hospital in Las Palmas (capital of Gran Canaria) Star the 30-year-old in the rescue helicopter of the Spanish Air Force. The journey was actually supposed to continue to the Cape Verde Islands, off the coast of Senegal.

On Thursday (19 September) The body of the woman from Rosenheim was autopsied. A result was not yet available on Friday morning (20 September). In addition, a detail made headlines: Morocco is said to have refused help after the emergency call. In the meantime, there is a slightly different version of this: The authorities of the North African country are said to have stated that “not having suitable rescue equipment” and have therefore referred the case back to the competent authorities. (mw)