"The Russian who blew up the "Borussia" bus tries to defend himself"

On Monday, in court testified the Russian who detonated last year the bus of Borussia Dortmund football club, wrote lrytas.lt

He faces very serious charges of attempted murder, injury, and aiding in the explosion.

During the explosion near the team's hotel on April 11, before the UEFA Champions League match, Borussia defender Marc Bartra and a police officer were injured.

The defendant claimed that he planted explosives that "could not harm anyone". He took out a loan and bet that the value of Borussia club would drop, and then organized the explosion, trying to cover it up as terrorism. Sergejus W. planned to win about 4 million euros.

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