Russian-German Is Arrested Over Attack on Borussia Dortmund Bus<br />By MELISSA EDDYAPRIL 21, 2017<br />BERLIN — Germany’s elite antiterrorism unit has arrested a 28-year-old German-Russian who is suspected of trying to blow up the Borussia Dortmund team bus, with<br />the apparent goal of driving down the price of the club’s stock price so he could profit through a speculation scheme, federal prosecutors said Friday.<br />Terrorism experts immediately questioned the authenticity of the letters, which were found on the night of the attack<br />in the hedges by the roadside where the bombs had been planted, federal prosecutors said in a statement on Friday.<br />The financial maneuver could have resulted in a substantial profit for the suspect<br />if the value of the shares had fallen in the interim, prosecutors said.<br />One player was wounded in the April 11 bombing as the team was heading to its stadium for a Champions<br />League match against AS Monaco, forcing officials to reschedule the game for the following night.<br />" they said. that A significant share price drop could have been expected if<br />a player had been seriously injured or even killed as a result of the attack,<br />Prosecutors said that an additional letter was later sent to German news organizations, claiming<br />that the attack was carried out by the far right, proved to be unfounded.<br />Monaco won that night, 3-2, and went on to oust the German team from the competition in a second leg, winning at home 3-1.
