On 7 March, the 27-year-old Ukrainian refugee Marharyta Razaz was found dead with extensive external injuries, on the banks of the Rhine in Hockenheim in Germany. Razaz, her mother and her five-week-old baby had been missing for some time.
This is reported by the German newspaper Bild, reproduced by Newsweek.
The body of the 27-year-old was found on a so-called Nato ramp, replacement crossings on rivers that are supposed to make military transport possible even if nearby bridges are destroyed.
A 43-year-old Russian woman and a 44-year-old German man are accused of being behind the murder and are in custody.
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Lived in a refugee reception
The couple are also accused of kidnapping Razaz’s five-week-old baby Mia who was found in the couple’s care. The baby has now been taken care of by the German child protection agency.
In addition, Razaz’s mother, Maryna Stetsenko (51), was also found murdered on Wednesday, according to Bild.
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Razaz fled from Kharkiv in Ukraine to Slovakia and four months ago had arrived in Germany. She lived with her mother in a refugee reception in Mannheim, Germany.
Supposed to have bragged about the “birth” before the murder
According to Ukrainian media, as cited by German Bild, both Mia, Marharyta and Maryna are said to have last been seen in a restaurant with a woman. According to an acquaintance of the family, this woman is said to have offered Ukrainian refugees help to process refugee documents in German through social media.
Five-week-old Mia was found with the couple, who are now in custody and accused of killing Mia’s mother and grandmother. Photo: German police
It is unclear whether this is the same woman who is now in custody.
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But the police’s theory is that the couple had been planning the murder and kidnapping for a long time. According to friends and neighbors of the couple Bild has spoken to, they should have boasted about the “birth” of their daughter even before the murder.
The fact that a Russian is said to have helped kill Ukrainian refugees in a NATO country has provoked strong reactions in Germany.
According to the UN Refugee Agency, almost 6.5 million Ukrainian refugees have been registered globally since the war broke out over two years ago. Poland has received approximately 60 percent of these. Germany hosts more than one million Ukrainian refugees, while in Norway just over 72,000 are registered.
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