After initial reports that the Dortmund bombing was perpetrated by an Islamist terrorist, it now looks like the bomber adhered to a different ideology—capitalism:
Police in Germany have charged a man suspected of being behind an attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus.
Rather than having links to radical Islamism, he was a market trader hoping to make money if the price of shares in the team fell, prosecutors say.
The 28-year-old, identified only as Sergej W, was staying in the team's hotel in a room overlooking the street where the explosion took place.
Two people needed medical help after three bombs exploded near the bus.
The accused bomber apparently believed that his act of terrorism would enable him to gain credit in a culturally shared mythical world of abstract values. While Donald Trump tweets or comments every time a terrorist attack is perpetrated by someone with Islamist ties, he has been curiously silent about this one. Our national leaders must stand up to terrorism by calling it what it is, and leaders of the capitalist community must condemn this horrific act, and make clear that it does not represent their values.