SAO PAULO: A young Brazilian hiker who fell hundreds of meters from the ridge of a towering Indonesian volcano and was trapped there for almost four days was found dead on Tuesday, Brazil’s government said. For days, millions of people in Brazil had watched, posted and prayed as rescuers tried to locate her. The tourist, 26-year-old Juliana Marins, began summiting on June 21 Mount Rinjani, an active 3,726-meter (12,224-foot) volcano on the Indonesian island of Lombok, with a guide and five other foreigners when she fell some 600 meters (1,968 feet), Indonesian authorities said.

Juliana Marins was hiking on the volcano on Saturday when she fell from a cliff near the crater.

Juliana Marins, 26, was trekking up Mount Rinjani, the second highest volcano in the country, when she slipped and fell from a hiking trail early morning on June 21.