{"id":617748,"date":"2026-10-01T20:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T20:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617748\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T20:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T20:12:17","slug":"equestrian-sports-new-zealand-pays-tribute-to-rebecca-bullock-after-alleged-germany-stabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617748\/","title":{"rendered":"Equestrian Sports New Zealand pays tribute to Rebecca Bullock after alleged Germany stabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Zealand equestrian community is paying tribute to a colleague who was allegedly stabbed to death by a stranger in Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>British woman Rebecca Bullock, 31, was attacked at the Rosenheim train station in Bavaria on August 30 and later died in hospital, local police say.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Equestrian Sports New Zealand (ESNZ) yesterday said that a celebration of life was held for Bullock, a former hospitality contractor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecca was an integral part of our Badminton Lakeside Pavilions core team, helping to run the bar for a number of years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA gorgeous lady who took everything in her stride, smiled through any tough times &amp; loved the countryside &amp; horses,\u201d ESNZ said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ESNZ told the Herald Bullock was most recently pictured in May at the 2026 Badminton Horse Trials in South Gloucestershire, England.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She was seen alongside Equestrian Sports New Zealand\u2019s UK events and sponsorship co-ordinator Ginny Loisel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The organisation acknowledged Bullock\u2019s contribution and hard work, and sent condolences to her family and friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe will be sorely missed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ABUGO3XY2ZEL7B6YDXQLRIYPB4.jpg\" alt=\"Rebecca Bullock, 31, was attacked at Rosenheim Station, but later died in hospital. Photo \/ Equestrian Sports New Zealand\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Rebecca Bullock, 31, was attacked at Rosenheim Station, but later died in hospital. Photo \/ Equestrian Sports New Zealand\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The White Swan pub in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, where Bullock was a manager, said she was much loved by the team and locals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Floral tributes were left outside the pub by patrons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The BBC reported the British woman was on holiday when she was killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Independent reported that, according to friends, Bullock was on her way to Austria to support a friend at a funeral when the incident took place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A fundraising page set up by her family described Bullock as loving the countryside, the farm where she lived and her animals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CQPH56IKJBDUTAGIF4RGN3K5AY.jpg\" alt=\"Rebecca Bullock, 31, was attacked at Rosenheim Station in Bavaria and later died in hospital. Photo \/ Equestrian Sports New Zealand\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Rebecca Bullock, 31, was attacked at Rosenheim Station in Bavaria and later died in hospital. Photo \/ Equestrian Sports New Zealand\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn her memory, we would like to plant some trees or a small woodland. A place where we can sit and remember her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bavarian police said a 27-year-old German man of no fixed address was arrested at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The man was later detained in a psychiatric hospital on suspicion of murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Zealand equestrian community is paying tribute to a colleague who was allegedly stabbed to death by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[304245,634,304247,1223,111,43,139,69,304246],"class_list":["post-617748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-allegedstabbing","tag-death","tag-equesteriansportsnewzealand","tag-germany","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rebeccabullock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}