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Foreign Ministry: Ukrainian citizen stabbed to death in Budapest

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Foreign Ministry: Ukrainian citizen stabbed to death in Budapest
Aerial view of Budapest urban skyline with illuminated Hungarian Parliament building in the morning before sunrise. (Sergey Alimov/Getty Images)

A Ukrainian citizen died as a result of a knife attack in Hungary's capital, and the suspected attacker has been detained, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry confirmed for Ukrinform on May 3.

The Budapest police reported a day earlier that on May 1 at around 1 a.m. local time, a 44-year-old Kazakh citizen stabbed a 48-year-old Ukrainian several times after an argument.

"The stabbed man suffered such serious injuries that he died on the spot," the police statement read.

The incident took place in a dormitory for employees of a transport company, the Foreign Ministry said. The investigation is ongoing.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said it is establishing contact with the relatives of the deceased and is in constant contact with Hungarian authorities.

This comes as yet another case of a violent death of a Ukrainian citizen abroad. Two Ukrainian soldiers were stabbed to death in late April while rehabilitating in the German town of Murnau am Staffelsee. The suspect is a Russian national.

German police reported in February about the street knife attack on two Ukrainian basketball players in Germany. Seventeen-year-old Volodymyr Yermakov and 18-year-old Artem Kozachenko died in hospital due to injuries. The suspects were reportedly detained.

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Martin Fornusek

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Martin Fornusek is a reporter for the Kyiv Independent, specializing in international and regional politics, history, and disinformation. Based in Lviv, Martin often reports on international politics, with a focus on analyzing developments related to Ukraine and Russia. His career in journalism began in 2021 after graduating from Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, earning a Master's degree in Conflict and Democracy Studies. Martin has been invited to speak on Times Radio, France 24, Czech Television, and Radio Free Europe. He speaks English, Czech, and Ukrainian.

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