Teenager charged over death of Ukrainian boy at Tusla accommodation

17-year-old Vadym Davydenko was staying in the Tusla-managed apartment in Donaghmede with four other young asylum seekers.
Teenager charged over death of Ukrainian boy at Tusla accommodation

Kenneth Fox

A teenage boy being questioned about the death of a Ukrainian boy at emergency accommodation in Dublin last Wednesday has been charged.

He is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice at 16:3opm on Saturday afternoon.

A post-mortem examination on 17-year-old Vadym Davydenko's body has now been completed.

However, the results are not being released 'for operational reasons'.

He was staying in the Tusla-managed apartment in Donaghmede with four other young asylum seekers.

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