A 17-year-old Ukrainian was killed in Germany because of his nationality
Kyiv • UNN
A 17-year-old Ukrainian basketball player was fatally stabbed because of his Ukrainian nationality.
In Germany, 17-year-old basketball player Volodymyr Yermakov was killed. He and his friend Artem Kozachenko were attacked because they are Ukrainians. This was reported by the Basketball Federation of Kyiv, UNN reports.
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On February 10, in the evening, 17-year-old Ukrainian Volodymyr Yermakov was brutally murdered in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The boy and his friend Artem Kozachenko were basketball players and played for the ART Giants (U-19) youth team from Dusseldorf.
On the eve of the planned match, the young basketball players were attacked in the street with knives only because of their nationality - Ukrainians.
Unfortunately, doctors were unable to save Yermakov, and Kozachenko is still in intensive care.
Local police have already launched an investigation.
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Volodymyr Yermakov, a former player of Teivaz and 5T.E.A.M.-DUSSH-12 (born in 2006), played for the Ukrainian U-16 national team at the 2022 European Championship in Bulgaria.
