ISRAELI TOURIST, 22, SUFFERS DEADLY FALL IN RIO DE JANEIRO

Alma Bohadana suffered a 49-foot fall into a forested area in Rio de Janeiro
The 22-year-old had been vacationing in Brazil for more than three months

An Israeli woman fell to her death while vacationing in Rio de Janeiro.

Alma Bohadana, 22, and another foreigner identified as Dan Hen were walking on a street in the Rio de Janeiro town of Santa Teresa on Monday when they were frightened by the sight of a motorcycle because they thought they were going to get robbed.

The pair took off running before Bohadana jumped over a wall and suffered a 49-foot fall into a forested area.

Paramedics pronounced the young woman dead at the scene.

Hen, who was initially interviewed by police, did not say see if the person on the motorcycle was approaching them or if a weapon was brandished, Brazilian news outlet O Dia reported.

He was interrogated a second time and mentioned that a red vehicle approached them but a weapon was never flashed.

Hen was interviewed a third time and said that he and Bohadana had met at a hostel in Copacabana, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro.

Márcio da Silva told Brazilian news outlet G1 that he heard bystanders shouting for help and climbed down a hill to help the young woman.

'When I arrived, she was already on the floor passed out,' he said. 'I tried to save her life, but I couldn't.'

Bohadana's death is being investigated by the Capital Homicide Police Station, which is looking into whether a motorcycle was in the area when she and the other tourist took off running.

Investigators will also be reviewing surveillance cameras in the area.

'Further steps are underway to clarify the facts and circumstances surrounding the woman's death,' the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police said in a statement.

Bohadana had been vacationing alone in Brazil for a little more than three months.

She spent her first 90 days in the northeastern city of Salvador and traveled down to stay in Rio de Janeiro 10 days ago.

Workers at the Salvador hostel where she stood at remembered Bohadana for her charisma and immersing herself into the Brazilian culture despite only speaking English.

'She was a loving person, she just smiled, sang and talked a lot,' a male employee told G1. 'She even made a drawing on a wall in our hostel.'

A female hostel staffer recalled Bohadana was 'always smiling, radiant, talkative, very intelligent.'

'She had learned to samba and shared a lot of her Israeli culture with me,' the woman said.

'Everyone in the hostel loved her and it was impossible to be different. She will stay here forever, with us, in the mandala that she painted with so much love in every detail.'

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