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The perpetrator of the April 2017 attack on the bus of the Dortmund football team, which had two injured before a match against Monaco, was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years imprisonment.
Serguei Wenergold, 29, was convicted of attempted murder by the Dortmund court. He had the idea to decimate the team Borussia Dortmund to drop the course of action of the club, against which he had speculated, in order to get rich.
After 11 months of trial, the prosecutor's office had required life, believing that the accused had indeed intended to kill as many people as possible. He had bought for 26,000 euros of financial products from Borussia, betting on a sharp drop in prices. His plan could have brought him nearly 500,000 euros, according to the prosecution.
The defense argued, however, for a sentence of less than 10 years, arguing that the accused had mainly sought "to scare"rather than killing.
Three explosive devices, two wounded
The machines, three bombs loaded with iron rods, were poorly positioned, and only two wounded: the Spanish player Marc Bartra, touched on the wrist by shards of glbad while he was in the bus, and a policeman the motorcycle escort hit by the tympanum by the blast of the explosion.
For the club, the attack has had several negative consequences. Still shocked, the players had to play the next day a quarter-final first leg of the Champions League against Monaco. They were finally eliminated (defeats 3-2 and 3-1), with the impression of not having been able to defend their chances fairly.
This decision to play the match so quickly also caused a clash between coach Thomas Tuchel and club boss Hans-Joachim Watzke, who finally sacked his coach at the end of the season, despite excellent sports results.
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