A tragic incident unfolded in the German city of Oberhausen on Saturday evening, resulting in the death of 17-year-old Ukrainian refugee Volodymyr Yermakov and the injury of his teammate, Artem K., in what is reported as a racially motivated attack. The two Ukrainian teenagers, aspiring basketball players, were taking the bus from the CentrO shopping center to the main train station at around 8 p.m.... 

Reuters is reporting that German police have arrested two men suspected of planning an attack on a shopping mall. From the article: “Police special forces arrested two men suspected of planning an attack on a shopping mall in Oberhausen in the West German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, police said on Friday. The suspects, two brothers aged 28 and 31 who were born in Kosovo, were arrested in the... 

A Protestant church in Oberhausen, Germany is set to remove Christian crosses, altars and pulpits in order to accomodate 50 Muslim migrants who were invited to stay in the building. “The parish had offered that to the city,” Oberhausen city spokesperson Rainer Suhr told media outlets. “Before the refugees can move in, the seats have to be taken away. Also the altar, the pulpit and font are movable,”...