American man charged over attack on two US tourists near German castle

The Poellat gorge with the Neuschwanstein castle in the background in Schwangau, Germany (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP)

An American man has been charged with murder and other offences for attacking two women from the US near Neuschwanstein castle in Germany in June and pushing them into a ravine, fatally injuring one of them, prosecutors said.

The indictment against the 31-year-old suspect, whose name has not been released in line with German privacy rules, was filed at the state court in Kempten, which will have to decide whether and when to send the case to trial.