Artem Kozachenko, an 18-year-old basketball player from Ukraine, and Volodymyr Yermakov, 17, were attacked with a knife in the German city of Oberhausen on February 10. Kozachenko passed away in the hospital from his wounds.
“Artem has been in intensive care at the hospital since the brutal attack in Oberhausen. Unfortunately, over the past few days, his condition deteriorated so significantly that doctors could do nothing more for him,” they added.
The 18-year-old Ukrainian’s death was also reported by the Basketball Federation of Ukraine, which expressed condolences to his family.
On the evening of 10, Volodymyr Yermakov, 17, was seriously injured at a bus stop in Oberhausen.
He later died in the hospital. His friend, Artem Kozachenko, 18, survived and was hospitalised.
The German police later established that the knife attack on the Ukrainians had been preceded by a dispute with a group of young people that began on the bus and then continued at the bus stop. Three of those involved in the fight have already been arrested.
