Tributes have been paid across Germany to student Tugce Albayrak who was killed after defending two teenage girls who were reportedly being harassed by a group of men.
Ms Albayrak intervened when she heard the teenagers screaming for help in a restaurant toilet in Offenbach on November 15th.
According to German media reports, she was subsequently beaten with a bat by one of the men involved in the harassment and was left in a coma.
Ms Albayrak’s life support was switched off on Friday, her 23rd birthday. Doctors had told her parents she would never regain consciousness and was brain-dead.
A petition calling for Ms Albayrak to be awarded a posthumous bravery award has gathered more than 100,000 signatures.
An 18-year-old man is in custody over the attack.