Current Events > German soccer team bombing due to stock manipulation, not Islam.

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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/21/525021503/soccer-team-bus-bombing-was-part-of-stock-option-plot-german-prosecutors-say

Authorities say letters claiming responsibility for the blasts - and identifying the motivation as Islamic or right-wing extremism - †appear to be specious.

Instead they say a man with German and Russian citizenship, identified only as Sergej W., planted the bombs, apparently to make money.

I thought the motive behind this one was extremely suspicious. Didn't see that one coming though.

@The Admiral
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Already made a topic brah

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-/75262434
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teepan95 posted...

Already made a topic brah

Where? Searching for the words German, soccer, and bomb turns up nothing.
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Search Dortmund

Or just check the post above <_<
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teepan95 posted...

Search Dortmund

Who's going to think to do that?
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People who actually care about the team and don't want to engage in political point-scoring?

Anyway, some more info:

In a statement on Friday (in German), the German federal prosecutor's office said the 28-year-old, who has German and Russian nationality, had been charged with attempted murder, setting off explosions and causing serious physical injury.

He was arrested by the elite GSG 9 police unit early on Friday near Tübingen in Baden-Wuerttemberg in south-west Germany.

The suspect had allegedly bought options to short-sell 15,000 shares of stock - reportedly priced at €78,000 (£65,000; $83,600) - in Borussia Dortmund. He would have profited from falling share prices after the attack.

He was staying at the team's L'Arrivée hotel in Dortmund on the day of the attack and had moved to a room on the top floor, overlooking the street where it took place, prosecutors say.

The suspect placed the bet on 11 April using an IP address traced to the hotel, after taking out a loan for the money.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39664212

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Would this still qualify as "terrorism"?
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Ammonitida posted...

Would this still qualify as "terrorism"?

I don't think so, since he was doing it for monetary gain. His main purpose wasn't to spread terror.

He's not being charged with terror offences in any case.
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teepan95 posted...

People who actually care about the team and don't want to engage in political point-scoring?

It's important for people who heard about the original incident to know and most would not know enough about it for Dortmund to mean anything.
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Sir Will posted...

teepan95 posted...

People who actually care about the team and don't want to engage in political point-scoring?

It's important for people who heard about the original incident to know and most would not know enough about it for Dortmund to mean anything.

Eh, I'll concede on that point.

Although a spot of googling would quickly remedy that <_<
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GOATTHlEF posted...

Two topics Addy won't post in pikachu

I figured he would actually care since he was the one that posted the original.
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i thought you meant bombing as in they lost a lot >_>
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Disgusting.

Of course, the usual suspects are silent here.
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