Ukrainian refugee killed in Germany, while her mother and daughter still missing

Police have found the body of a 27-year-old Ukrainian woman who lived in a refugee shelter on a Rhine River dam near the town of Gochsheim in Germany.

Source: Mannheim Police Headquarters; German tabloid newspaper Bild 

Details: The mother of the murdered woman and her newborn daughter, who is only five weeks old, are missing.

Police are searching for the victim’s mother, 51-year-old Maryna Stetsenko, who they believe to be a witness to the crime.

According to the police, the 27-year-old woman was killed in a violent attack. She had previously been reported missing.

A special commission investigation is ongoing to establish the exact crime circumstances.

Background:

• On 10 February, the Basketball Federation of Ukraine reported the tragic death of 17-year-old Ukrainian basketball player Volodymyr Yermakov in Germany as a result of an attack.
• The Federation said that Yermakov and his friend Artem Kozachenko played for the ART Giants (U-19) youth team from Düsseldorf. On the eve of their next match, the young basketball players were attacked with knives in the street simply because they were Ukrainians. Doctors were unable to save Yermakov.
• On 20 February, Artem Kozachenko, who was stabbed in Oberhausen, Germany, died in hospital.

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