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A German court sentenced a citizen of German and Russian nationality to blow up a bomb near the bus of the German football club on Tuesday at 14 years in prison Borussia Dortmund (BVB) in 2017, which caused injury to a player.
The aggressor, identified as Sergei W., admitted to perpetrating the attack in April 2017, but assured that his intention was to earn money rather than injure or kill someone else. 39; a.
He was charged with 28 counts of attempted murder, grievous bodily harm and explosion.
The team was heading to its stadium – the largest in Germany, with a capacity of 80,000 spectators – to play a Champions League match against AS Monaco when the bomb exploded. Spanish defender Marc Bartra was injured in one arm and the match was postponed for one day.
The accused expressed deep regret for what he did, saying that he had no intention of harming anyone. His lawyer said that he planned the attack in such a way as to bring down the price of BVB's shares and allow him to make a profit.
Prosecutors, who wanted him to be sentenced to life imprisonment, claimed that the defendant had bought the day of the attack options worth about 44,000 euros ( 49,800 euros), which could have been sold with profits if the price of the stock had collapsed.
The truth is that the BVB is mounted after the attack. Club shares also climbed 2.7% on Monday, after the club's last Bundesliga victory propelled the club to the top of the German league standings.
(Reuters)
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