DORTMUND, Germany - Online postings linked to Germany's
far-left have German investigators checking into whether those groups
were behind the attack on the Borussia Dortmund football team bus.
Along with investigating a note at the scene that indicates an
Islamist background to the attack, authorities are also looking at a
series of Tuesday evening posts written in a style that is apparently
common to Germany's far-left scene.
The online postings refer to the group manufacturing a series of
bombs that went off as the team's bus passed by, an attack on a
"symbol of the BVB," (the team's acronym). The comments argued that
the team's management has not done enough to discourage racism,
Nazism and right-wing populism.
Dortmund have had problems with some groups within their large fan
base in the past, most notably at a February Bundesliga match with RB
Leipzig in which Dortmund supporters attacked Leipzig fans ahead of
the game and banners were held up with slurs and insults directed
against Leipzig.
The ruling body DFB imposed a fine of 100,000 euros (107,000 dollars)
and the closure of the 25,000-capacity stand for one league match.