In Germany, the murderers of two Ukrainian teenage basketball players were sentenced

In Germany, four teenagers were sentenced for attacking two Ukrainian teenage basketball players with knives and batons, which eventually died, writes UNN with reference to BR24.

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Almost 9 months ago, an incident occurred in the city of Oberhausen, in which four German teenagers attacked two Ukrainian ones with a knife and batons. The latter, as a result of their injuries, died.

The court found the German teenagers guilty. Two of them must be sentenced to ten years in prison, the other two – to eight and a half years each. The verdict is not yet final. 

Ukrainian teenagers who were 17-18 years old — basketball players of the Ukrainian national team who left for Germany in 2023-were killed. The court found it proved that the accused, who at the beginning of the trial were between 14 and 16 years old, insidiously and out of low motives killed two Ukrainians. 

At first, the prosecutor's office believed that the reason for the attack could be that the guys came from Ukraine. However, the court stated that the actions of the teenagers were fully conscious, and no xenophobic motives were found.

Attacked with batons and knives

The incident occurred in February of this year at Oberhausen Central Station. The defendants attacked the basketball players while getting off the bus they took to the train station. German teenagers surrounded two Ukrainians and started beating them, sometimes with batons.

After that, one defendant began to inflict fatal stab wounds in the stomach of two Ukrainians and the chest. A 17-year-old Ukrainian died from a stab wound shortly after the attack. A few days later, an 18-year-old boy also died in hospital from his injuries.

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