A German tourist wrestled a park ranger to the ground - after he was caught trying to hike up an erupting volcano in Indonesia. <br /><br />The holidaymaker and his female Russian friend dodged barriers and slipped onto the trail at Mount Bromo in East Java, Indonesia, on March 22.<br /><br />Despite steam pouring from the crater and the volcano rumbling, the German - equipped only with sunglasses and a backpack - tried to hike up the black surface of dried lava.<br /><br />Concerned park officials said they saw the two and went over to stop them but the man became insistent. <br /><br />Footage filmed by a park ranger shows the German wrestling the Indonesian official to the ground before trying to walk away. He was later detained by staff. <br /><br />Syarif Hidayat, the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park officer, said: "They tried to use a trail, they left their car behind the temple and went through a toilet.<br /><br />‘’We had to stop them for their own safety but the man became aggressive.’’<br /><br />The pair allegedly dodged barriers and accessed the closed trail through a gap behind the toilet behind the temple where they parked.<br /><br />Mount Bromo's crater area, within a radius of 1km, is prohibited for visitors because of its volcanic activities.<br /><br />Syarif said that the tourists later apologized for violating the rules at Mount Bromo and they were released later that day.<br /><br />‘’We regret the incident, and hope that similar incidents will not happen again,’’ he added.
