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.

Update from September 21, 2024, 11:15 a.m.: The well-known YouTuber Robert Marc Lehmann (about 883,000 followers) already posted on Thursday (19 September) detailed video about the shark attack on Elena K. published on his channel. Within a short time (As of September 20, 10:45 a.m.) More than 93,000 people have already watched the 50-minute video.

Lehmann explained that the accident happened at around 4:50 p.m. (local time) on the day of the accident and that the rescue helicopter did not arrive on the scene until around 9 p.m. This Four hours is of course “a damn long time”said Lehmann. At the same time, he described the Victims as “very sociable” and “very easy-going” people. Elena K. has loved life and the world. This is also why the phrase “See the World” was on her Instagram profile.

Shark horror off the Canary Islands: Elena (†30) loves life and the world

First report from September 20, 2024:

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 left Viana do Castelo in June in the north of Portugal set off on the sailing trip towards the south. The journey continued via Portimao in the Algarve across the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands, before the boat “Dalliance Chichester”, which sailed under the British flag, set off from there towards the African coast on 14 September. About 500 kilometres 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. (m/f)