BERLIN, Feb 12 — A 17-year-old Ukrainian basketball player was fatally stabbed after an altercation at a bus stop in Germany, police said today, in a case that has sparked outrage in Kyiv.

Volodymyr Yermakov, who played at youth level for the Ukrainian national team and German side ART Giants Duesseldorf, died in hospital following the incident in the western city of Oberhausen on Saturday night.