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Authorities say autopsy results are narrowing the investigation into the death of 19-year-old Canadian backpacker Piper James, who was found on Seventy Five Mile Beach on K’gari (Fraser Island) surrounded by a pack of dingoes and with bite marks; a final cause of death has not yet been released and investigators continue to probe what happened.
A German backpacker survived 11 nights in Australia's outback by drinking from puddles and sleeping in a cave after her van got stuck, walking 24 km in a confused state before being rescued by a driver who spotted her waving for help. She was hospitalized with exhaustion, dehydration, insect bites, and an injured foot.
A 24-year-old backpacker, dubbed the "backpack hero," is being hailed for chasing a man suspected of launching a knife rampage in Annecy, France, which left six people injured, including four toddlers. The suspect, a 31-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker, is in custody. Two young children are still in intensive care. The backpacker, identified only as Henri, swung his bag to fight off the perpetrator and said he acted as every Frenchman should. French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife visited the victims and those who intervened in the attack. Henri is on a nine-month journey across France to visit the most beautiful cathedrals.