In Berlin, a Ukrainian was stabbed for speaking his language: the attackers fled, police are searching for the perpetrators

In Berlin, a Ukrainian was stabbed for speaking his language: the attackers fled, police are searching for the perpetrators

A 51-year-old Ukrainian was attacked with a knife in Berlin while speaking Ukrainian and responding to a question about his nationality. 

This was reported by the police of the German capital.

According to preliminary information, in the morning, the 51-year-old man was walking his dog in a park in the Charlottenburg-Nord district of Berlin.

"He said he was giving commands to the dog in Ukrainian, after which two unknown men asked him about his nationality. When he said that he was Ukrainian, one of the attackers inflicted a stab wound in his abdomen."

After the attack, the perpetrators fled the scene, and the police have launched an investigation.

The injured Ukrainian was taken to the hospital, and his life is not currently in danger, according to Berlin law enforcement officials.