Bavaria. Two Ukrainians dead in an attack by Russian man

A knifeman attacked two men from Ukraine. The tragedy occurred in the Bavarian town of Murnau am Staffelsee in front of a local shopping centre. The victims of the attack have died, and the perpetrator is said to be Russian. The murder suspect was arrested by police officers several hours later.

The tragedy occurred on Saturday, April 27, after 4 PM GMT. Around the Tegelmann shopping centre in the Bavarian town of Murnau am Staffelsee.

Two Ukrainians, aged 23 and 36, died from stab wounds. The older man died on the spot, and the younger man could not be saved at the local hospital despite resuscitation efforts.

The services immediately began a search for the attacker, who was soon apprehended.

That same evening, not far from the crime scene, a 57-year-old suspect was found and arrested in his own apartment. The media report that the detainee is a citizen of Russia.

According to "Bild," the attacker knew his victims. The murdered Ukrainians were registered in the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, located about 27 miles south of the tragedy.

The motive for the crime has not yet been clarified. According to a police spokesperson, the service is investigating the double murder.

The local prosecutor's office has applied for a temporary arrest of the 57-year-old, who is due to appear before a magistrate judge in the local district court on Sunday.

The murder in Bavaria is another tragedy for Ukrainians in Germany. Recall that in February in Düsseldorf, a 17-year-old player of the Ukrainian youth basketball team, Volodymyr Yermakov, was killed.

DW reports that since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, in Germany "the number of people with Ukrainian citizenship has increased from 138,000 in January 2022 to 1.15 million in October 2023 and make up 1.4 percent of the population of Germany". In Bavaria alone, there are 168,000 Ukrainian citizens.