Attack on Borussia Dortmund football team bus

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Euro|Topics relaunched their website during 2016. Features published before that date are still available via an archive website (see related url hyperlinks).Three explosions occured near the bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund on the 11 April 2017 as it made it way to their Dortmund stadium for a Champions League match against AS Monaco in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

One person in the coach was injured. The football match was postponed until the following day.

A police investigation was undertaken to discover the responsibility for the explosions. Despite initial indications that it could have been a terrorist incident, it was made public on 21 April 2017 that the detained perpetrator, named Sergej W., sought to short-sell shares in the football team, expecting to profit from the transaction if the share price fell in the wake of the bombing.

Letters found near the site claiming the incident to have been motivated by radical Islam were seen as not authentic.

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Deutsche Welle, 13.04.17: German prosecutors seek arrest warrant for Dortmund suspect over 'Islamic State' ties http://p.dw.com/p/2bAdi

http://archiv.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aktuell.html http://archiv.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aktuell.html

The Local.de, 12.04.17: The Dortmund bus attack: what we know and what we don't https://www.thelocal.de/20170412/the-dortmund-bus-attack-explosions-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont

The Local.de, 13.04.17: Merkel criticizes Berlin and NRW for anti-terror failings https://www.thelocal.de/20170413/merkel-criticizes-berlin-and-nrw-for-anti-terror-abilities

Deutsche Welle, 13.04.17: Merkel decries shortcomings in federal states' security controls http://p.dw.com/p/2b9rT

Deutsche Welle, 15.04.17: Dortmund attack explosive 'from German military' - media http://p.dw.com/p/2bHru

Politico, 15.04.17: Investigators doubt Islamist claim in Dortmund soccer bus attack http://www.politico.eu/article/investigators-doubt-islamist-claim-in-dortmund-bvb-soccer-bus-attack-explosion/

Spiegel Online International, 14.04.16: An Assault German's Favorite Pastime. Bombing of Team Bus Prompts Soul-Searching http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-debates-safety-of-football-players-after-suspected-terror-attack-a-1143422.html

Politico, 21.04.17: German police arrest man linked to Dortmund bombing http://www.politico.eu/article/german-police-arrest-man-linked-to-dortmund-bombing/

BBC News, 21.04.17: Borussia Dortmund bombs: 'Speculator' charged with bus attack http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39664212

Deutsche Welle, 21.04.17: Police arrest man suspected of attack on Dortmund soccer team's bus http://p.dw.com/p/2behj

The Guardian, 21.04.17: Dortmund attack: man arrested on suspicion of share-dealing plot https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/apr/21/dortmund-bus-attack-suspect-arrested-as-police-allege-share-dealing-plot

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