“Massive hostility”
Dynamo captain Kutschke is threatened with death
April 5, 2024, 7:53 p.m
Bad mail for Stefan Kutschke: The captain of the third division football team Dynamo Dresden is threatened with death in a letter. The club and the striker are filing a complaint.
Striker Stefan Kutschke from third division football team Dynamo Dresden has received “massive hostility and threats”. The club announced this. In a letter, the team captain and his family members were even “confronted with warnings and even murder.” Dynamo reported the case to the police. The letter will now be part of the investigation.
“All employees, whether players, coaches or in the office, enjoy our full support,” said David Fischer, Managing Director of Communications at the SGD: “As a sports community, we are open to criticism at any time. However, certain limits must be adhered to. These have been “In the case of Stefan Kutschke, this has clearly been exceeded and is in no way acceptable to us. We condemn such an approach in the strongest possible terms and will react to it with the utmost severity.”
As the “Bild” newspaper, which claims to have received the threatening letter, reports, the sender announced that he would kill Kutschke if he played for the club again. Kutschke’s wife and child are also threatened with death. The letter was sent to the club’s address – marked “Stefan Kutschke personally”. Recently there has been “clear hostility” towards the striker and other club members on numerous social media platforms, according to a statement from the club.
The Dresden-born Kutschke, who played for the former Bundesliga club in his youth, is the top scorer of the team fighting for promotion to the second division with eleven goals in 30 games. Kutschke’s contract in Dresden ends at the end of the current season. Dynamo Dresden recently had to give up relegation place to Preußen Münster after only winning three games this year.