Stop on the bus of the BVB team: Sergej W. has 14 years in prison

The verdict against the BVB bomber has fallen: Sergej W. has been imprisoned in the Borussia Dortmund bus for 14 years due to the explosive attack of April 11, 2017. The Dortmunder Jury Court convicted on Tuesday, Sergei W ., aged 29, out of 28 attempted murder.

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Sergej W. has been imprisoned for 14 years for bombing the bus of the Bundesliga football club team, Borussia Dortmund. The Dortmunder jury on Tuesday convicted 29-year-old Sergei W. of an attempted murder with 28 assassination attempts and the cause of an explosion of explosives.

According to the court, the 29-year-old from Rottenburg am Neckar, on April 11, 2017, leaving the BVB hotel team bus for the home match against AS Monaco, blew up three explosive devices.

According to the indictment, his goal was to use the bombs to kill players and thus bring down the price from BVB.

Sergei W. denies having the intention to kill

Sergej W. admitted to having built and exploded the bombs with metal pins. However, the German born in Russia denies any intention to kill.

His only concern was to spread fear and terror, according to his confession. He had wagered with warrants on a decline in the title and hoped for a profit of "several tens of thousands of euros".

His lawyers had therefore asked for a prison sentence only for causing an explosion. This should be "clearly in the single digit range".

Spanish central defender Marc Bartra was badly injured during the attack of the forearm during the attack. A policeman supposed to drive the bus on a motorcycle had been injured. The official is incapacitated today.

Stroke still disturbs BVB professionals

During the eleven-month trial, judges heard explosives and inventory experts and virtually all former bus occupants as witnesses. Defender Matthias Ginter, who plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach today, burst into tears.

Guard Roman Weidenfeller, who was still active for Dortmund at that time, said: "The attack has changed my life."

The coach of Dortmund, Thomas Tuchel, had even speculated in his testimony that he would have remained on duty after the season if it had never happened.

In their pleadings, the defenders described Sergej W. as a deeply destabilized personality, with narcissistic and hating traits.