Karl Brugger was a German

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 foreign correspondent for the ARD

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 network and author, best-known for his book "The Chronicle of Akakor" about the alleged lost city of Akakor

Akakor

Akakor is the name of a supposed ancient underground city, located somewhere between Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.It was described by German journalist Karl Brugger, based on interviews with a self-proclaimed Brazilian Indian chieftain Tatunca Nara in his book The Chronicle of Akakor...

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He was born in Munich

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 and studied Journalism

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 and Contemporary History

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 there and in Paris

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. Brugger work as a freelancer

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 journalist before being, from 1974, correspondent for the ARD. Brugger was shot down in Rio de Janeiro

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 in 1984 while walking with his friend Ulrich Encke at the famous Ipanema

Ipanema

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beach. Neither his killer, nor the motive for his killing is known.

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