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On April 12th, a terror-attack against the team of one of the major German soccer clubs, BVB, was reported by several news agencies. The attack was carried out with three bombs, enclosed by metal bolts for maximum damage. Luckily, only one player was injured at his hand. Some clumsy letters found at the scene pointed to an Islamic background, another equally clumsy pamphlet pointed to the left-wing, but due to the bad spelling and grammar was immediately suspected to be a false flag, potentially set by some right-wing extremist.
As evident by the links above, the media happily picked up the Islamic theme; the German right-wing party AfD (Alternative für Deutschland, alternative for Germany) also happily embraced the opportunity.
Turns out, the actual background seems to be a completely different one, neither political nor religious: The BVB is in the stock market. The perpetrator bought "put" options and tried to kill as many team-members as possible to make a fortune when the stocks would plummet.
(Score: 4, Informative) by bradley13 on Monday April 24 2017, @08:30AM
This is Europe, where both the radical left (Greeks bombing the IMF and banks) and the radical right (Uttoya etc.) have been very active.
Um...which Europe do you live in? The one I live in, leftist violence manifests as vandalism, usually associated with some protest march. The vandals themselves likely aren't even interested in politics - they're just hooligans out for a good time.
The extreme right? The last incident around here was a concert [swissinfo.ch], where they booked the venue under a pseudonym (because they had been forbidden to have a concert). The organizers provided parking attendants and had people going around picking up trash after the event. Incidents of violence: zero.
Recent incidents of public violence in Europe? [express.co.uk] It's pretty much Islamic terror, nothing else.
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.