The German police unravelled the knot of a terrorist attack against Borussia Dortmund football club near Dortmund over the week, reported lrytas.lt.
Although initially it was said that this could possibly be an Islamist attempt to strike at the Western world, the truth is much more banal - everything was determined by human greed. The German Federal Prosecutor's Office arrested on Thursday a Russian-born and holding Russian and German citizenships Sergey B., who is accused of committing a crime out of selfish motives.
On the evening of April 11th, as the Borussia Dortmund team was heading to the Champions League quarter-final match against French Monaco representatives, three explosions occurred near the German Dortmund Borussia team bus. In addition to the unexploded bomb found at the scene, authorities also found three notes.
Although the German police referred to the explosions as a targeted "attack" on the team during the press conference, it was stated that no "elements" provide a clear reason to think that this was a terrorist attack.
Near the scene of the incidents, letters left by the attacker were found, claiming responsibility for the explosions.
The authenticity of these letters is still being investigated, and police officials did not provide more details. Authorities also revealed that they are tracking a foreign-registered car believed to be connected to the explosions.
However, yesterday the German prosecutor's office revealed the motives behind this bombing. It turns out that 28-year-old Sergey B. decided to profit from the club's shares. Before the attack, he purchased an option for 15,000 Borussia club shares for 78,000 euros online. If the club's shares fell after the explosion, the Russian would have earned up to 4 million euros following the forced sale of the club's shares.
As the police claim, Sergey B. was staying in the same hotel as the Dortmund team members. He had previously booked rooms for various dates - April 9-13 and 16-20.
The Russian did this before the UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw, as he did not know exactly when Borussia would play their home match.
Sergey B. placed all three bombs on the street where the Dortmund team bus was supposed to pass and detonated them remotely.
After leaving the notes, Sergey B. tried in every way to divert investigators' attention to side issues: in one note, he talked about Chancellor Angela Merkel's policies and the "Tornado" explaining the caliph shift, in the other about the anti-fascist movement, and in the third about the demand to close the American military base in Ramstein.
During the Russian attack on April 11th, one person was injured - Borussia team defender Marc Bartra suffered a broken arm and other injuries and was taken to hospital for surgery.
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