A 25-year-old transgender man died of his wounds in hospital on Friday almost a week after he was assaulted while rushing to help women at a Pride parade in the western German city of Muenster, police said.
The man, whom police have named only as Malte C. in accordance with privacy conventions, intervened when the attacker started hurling homophobic slurs at other participants in the Christopher Street Day parade, police said.
The attacker hit Malte twice in the face. He lost consciousness after his head struck the floor when he fell, and never woke up.
