17-year-old Ukrainian basketball player Volodymyr Yermakov was killed in Germany
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10:23, 12 February, 2024
17-year-old Volodymyr Ermakov. Photo: Kyiv Basketball FederationIn Germany, on the evening of February 11, unknown persons with knives attacked basketball players from Ukraine. One of the athletes, 17-year-old Volodymyr Ermakov, died in the hospital from his injuries.
This was reported by the Kyiv Basketball Federation.
Ukrainian basketball player Volodymyr Ermakov in the youth national team. Photo: Kyiv Basketball Federation
Ukrainian basketball player Volodymyr Ermakov in the youth national team. Photo: Kyiv Basketball Federation
Ukrainian basketball player Volodymyr Ermakov in the youth national team. Photo: Kyiv Basketball FederationIt is noted that Volodymyr Ermakov and his friend Artem Kozachenko played for the youth team ART Giants (U-19) from Dusseldorf. On the eve of another match, young basketball players were attacked with knives on the street allegedly because they were Ukrainians.
«The whole team spent the night in the hospital next to our boys. Unfortunately, doctors could not save Yermakov, and Kozachenko remains in intensive care. The local police is already conducting the case, there were witnesses at the scene of the crime,» they add.
We will remind that in the Lviv region 9 years ago, a man strangled a minor girl and buried her body, law enforcement officers managed to solve the murder only in 2023.