A man who bombed the bus Borussia Dortmund for financial gain imprisoned

A state court in Dortmund has recognized the man – identified only as Sergej W because of German confidentiality rules – on 28 counts of attempted murder committed Tuesday, according to the DPA news agency .

He was also charged with causing serious bodily harm and causing an explosion.

A defender of the football club, Marc Bartra, and a police officer were injured when three explosions rocked the team's bus while leaving a hotel in the German city of the west. .

An explosion broke a bus window and shrapnel hit Bartra, leaving the Spanish player out of action for about a month while he was operated on for a broken wrist.

The team was about to play a Champions League match with AS Monaco at home on April 11th.

Prosecutors said that the man, arrested ten days later, had taken out a loan to bet that the football club's actions would lose value before committing the attack and trying to try to disguise as an Islamist terrorist attack.

The 29-year-old German arrived in Russia at 1 pm He confessed to being behind the roadside attack but added that his intention was to make money rather than harm anyone.

Prosecutors have called for a life sentence, but the defense has argued that the defendant should only be found guilty of triggering an explosion and receiving a much less severe sentence.

The lawyers claimed that Sergej W had bought the day of the attack on the stock options worth about € 44,000 (£ 39,000), which he could have used to well if the stock price fell.

However, the club's shares rose after the attack and continued to climb when they won their next match and became league leaders.

Dortmund is the only German team whose shares are listed on the stock exchange.

Tuesday's verdict ended an eleven-month trial, in which players and the current former coach, Thomas Tuchel, testified.

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