It's terrorism. Official confirmation comes from German investigators on the "terrorist motivation" behind the attack that took place yesterday in Dortmund against the Borussia bus shortly before the start of the Champions League match against Monaco. "The exact reason" - underlines the federal prosecutor's office - "remains uncertain".
The spokeswoman for the German federal prosecutor's office, Frauke Köhler, in Karlsruhe announced that one person had been arrested, but there would also be another suspect. Both would belong to Islamic circles. The apartments of both were searched, one of them was arrested, added the spokeswoman. The prosecution is now verifying whether to ask for an arrest warrant against him. The man arrested is a 25-year-old Iraqi from Wuppertal, report the Dpa and the newspapers Express and Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger. While the second man is a 28-year-old German from Froendenberg, a city about twenty kilometers from Dortmund.
The devices that exploded yesterday in Dortmund near the Borussia bus contained metal spikes. One of these stuck in the headrest of one of the seats on the bus. This was reported by the spokeswoman for the German federal prosecutor's office, Frauke Koehler, in Karlsruhe. "For this reason we can fortunately say that nothing more serious happened," she said. The devices had an explosive capacity of over 100 meters. Three explosions in all during which Borussia defender Marc Bartra and a policeman were injured.
