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ABSTRACT
The Borussia Dortmund Pipe Bomb Plot of 11 April 2016, in
Germany perpetrated by Sergei Wenergold was an attempt
to win a bet through put options. He hoped that the bombs
would result in a fall in the football club’s share price. In
effect shorting the share price. Wenergold was charged with
28 counts of attempted murder and ultimately sentenced to
14 years imprisonment. He tried to blame Islamist terrorists
by planting letters which claimed they were responsible for
the attack in retaliation for German military action against
Muslims of Islamic State. Borussia Dortmund were
scheduled to play their abandoned game with Monaco in
the UEFA Champions League, the day after the bomb attack,
which they lost. Fallout from this was the sacking of
Coach Thomas Tuchel, after publicly rowing with team boss
Hans-Joachim Watzke over that decision. He said he realised
that the squad was "in a state where they were unable to
play."
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