Greed not terror in Dortmund team attack: German Police

Police commandos yesterday arrested a German-Russian suspect behind a bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus, prosecutors said, indicating the motive was financial and not terror-related, AFP reports.They said the man, identified only as 28-year-old Sergej W., was hoping to profit from a drop in the football team's share price as a result of last week's attack.
Three explosive devices went off in a hedge alongside the team bus on April 11, minutes after it left the squad's hotel heading for a Champions League quarter-final match at home against Monaco.
The blast shattered the bus windows, and Spanish international Marc Bartra, 26, broke his wrist. A motorcycle police officer suffered inner ear damage from the blast.
"The accused is suspected of having carried out the attack on the team bus," prosecutors said after the elite GSG 9 police unit arrested the suspect at dawn in Tuebingen, near the southwestern city of Stuttgart. "He is charged with attempted murder, setting off explosions and causing serious physical injury."

 

Greed not terror in Dortmund team attack: German Police

Police commandos yesterday arrested a German-Russian suspect behind a bomb attack on Borussia Dortmunds team bus, prosecutors said, indicating the motive was financial and not terror-related, AFP reports.They said the man, identified only as 28-year-old Sergej W., was hoping to profit from a drop in the football teams share price as a result of last weeks attack. Three explosive devices went off in a hedge alongside the team bus on April 11, minutes after it left the squads hotel heading for a Champions League quarter-final match at home against Monaco. The blast shattered the bus windows, and Spanish international Marc Bartra, 26, broke his wrist. A motorcycle police officer suffered inner ear damage from the blast. The accused is suspected of having carried out the attack on the team bus, prosecutors said after the elite GSG 9 police unit arrested the suspect at dawn in Tuebingen, near the southwestern city of Stuttgart. He is charged with attempted murder, setting off explosions and causing serious physical injury.