A young Israeli woman was killed in Brazil on Monday night after falling in Rio de Janeiro while trying to escape thieves, Brazilian media reported on Tuesday. The publication O Dia identified the woman as Alma Bohadana and reported that she had been walking with her boyfriend when the two saw a motorcycle approach and ran away, thinking they were going to be robbed. Bohadana then jumped over a wall, falling some 49 feet (15 meters) to her death. The boyfriend, identified by local media as Dan Hen, was questioned...

The Israeli woman who fell to her death in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro is named by Hebrew media as Alma Bohadana, in her early 20s, from Kibbutz Yasur in the Western Galilee. Citing Brazilian reports, Hebrew media says the woman was walking with her partner through Rio de Janeiro and saw a motorcyclist who they feared was trying to rob them. While apparently trying to flee, the woman jumped over a wall, and the 15-meter fall into a forest led to her death. However, Brazilian reports cited by the Daily...

A young Israeli woman has been killed in Brazil after falling from height in Rio de Janeiro, the Foreign Ministry says. The ministry says its department for Israelis overseas, Israel’s consul general in Brasilia Neta Avrahami, and Keren Hayesod representative in Rio de Janeiro Mariano Hirsch are helping the grieving family and dealing with bringing the woman’s body to burial in Israel. Citing Brazilian reports, Hebrew media says the woman was walking with her partner through Rio de Janeiro and saw a motorcyclist who they feared was trying to rob...