Two Ukrainian soldiers were stabbed to death in southern Germany on Saturday evening.

What Happened?

Volodymyr Kozin, 36, and Viacheslav Bezuhlyi, 23, were left in pool of their own blood on the premises of a shopping centre in the village of Murnau in Upper Bavaria. 

According to Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry, both were soldiers who had been granted leave to recuperate from wounds sustained in the war.

They Couldn’t Be Saved

The 36-year-old died at the scene, with emergency workers rushing the 26-year-old victim to hospital, but he too later died from his wounds. 

Police has since arrested a Russian man, 57, as a lead suspect in the killings, per German news agency dpa reported.

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Shocking images circulated by German press showed what appeared to be a smudge of blood on the keyhole of the suspect’s front door.  

The possible motive for the killings is not yet known, according to Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann. It also wasn’t clear if the three men knew each other.