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DORTMUND, Germany: A German launched a bomb attack on the bus of the club football club Borussia Dortmund in April 2017 in order to make money on the club's actions.
A Dortmund court said 29-year-old Sergej Wenergold was guilty of 28 murder attempts after detonating three explosive devices while the bus went to the stadium to go to the stadium in the Champions League last year.
"He expected people to be at least killed," Judge Peter Windgaetter told the court.
After an 11-month trial, the qualified electrician, born in Russia, was also found guilty of causing an explosion and two counts of serious injury. The explosions injured Spanish defender Marc Bartra and a police officer.
Wenergold had stayed in the same hotel as the team when he unleashed the bomb attack on the evening of April 11, 2017 as the bus headed for a quarter-final match of the league champions against Monaco.
The devices were fired "just in time", the bus went past the bombs, added Windgaetter.
Wenergold had concealed in a hedge three explosive devices each containing up to one kilogram of a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and about 65 metal bolts the size of a cigarette.
Wenergold had left letters suggesting the presence of an Islamist terrorist on the scene, causing the initial alarm about a possible jihadist attack.
He had bought put options worth about 26,000 € (29,000 USD) – essentially a bet on falling the course of the club 's action – and hoped to win a half. million euros, prosecutors said.
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Wenergold's lawyer, Carl Heydenreich, insisted that his client was hoping to create panic, not to hurt or kill people.
Wenergold would have drawn attention to himself at the hotel, first insisting on a front window room, then into chaos after the explosions, walking into the restaurant for order a steak.
The police arrested him 10 days after the attack.
Several players from Borussia Dortmund, who currently have four points in front of the Bundesliga, have testified with emotion in the trial of the trauma suffered.
"Some players still receive psychological treatment," revealed Windgaetter.
Defender Matthias Ginter, who is now playing for Borussia Moenchengladbach, broke down in tears when he testified about the aftermath of the attacks that occurred on the bus.
"Everyone was lying on the floor, shrapnel was flying, there was a lot of smoke, Marc was shouting, we did not know what was going to happen," Ginter told the court in April.
A day after the attack, the team played in their deferred match against Monaco and lost, which pushed his coach Thomas Tuchel to take stock against UEFA for not having left the time his players to overcome their fear before returning to the field.
Wenergold, who confessed to the January attack, expressed regret last week when he told the court: "I would like to apologize to all."
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