It was a terrorist attack against Borussia Dortmund: the goal was to kill all players. The German investigators are convinced of this, who speak of a "terrorist motivation" in relation to the bombs that exploded in the German city on Tuesday evening as the team bus passed, even if "the exact motive remains uncertain".
The spokeswoman for the German federal prosecutor's office, Frauke Köhler, in Karlsruhe announced that two suspects belonging to Islamic circles are being targeted by the investigators. 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.
The second man is a 28-year-old German from Froendenberg, a city about twenty kilometers from Dortmund. Both belong to the Islamic circles of North Rhine-Westphalia (the Dortmund region) and are accused of being close to the Islamic State, always write Express and Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger.
The devices that exploded in Dortmund near the Borussia bus contained metal spikes. One of these stuck in the headrest of one of the seats on the bus. Koehler reported it again: "For this reason we can fortunately say that nothing more serious happened," he added. The devices had an explosive capacity of over 100 meters. Analyzes continue to clarify the type of trigger and explosive used.
Then there are elements that do not convince about the claim, which for the first time would have occurred with a flyer left in place and would contain several spelling errors. According to Sueddeutsche Zeitung, NDR and WDR, the letter refers to the attack on a Christmas market in Berlin and to the missions of the German Tornadoes in Syria. Sources close to the investigators cited by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung define the episode as very unusual and also believe that the hypothesis that those responsible for the explosions wanted to provide a false lead is possible.
However, the German investigators are also verifying a second claim, probably coming from anti-fascist circles. The claim appeared on the internet on Tuesday evening and is written in a style similar to that of Antifa, an acronym that brings together groups of autonomous, anarchists and exponents of the extra-parliamentary radical left. The text explains that the bus was attacked as a "symbol of politics" of Borussia Dortmund, which would not commit itself enough against racists, Nazis and right-wing populists.
