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District Court of Leipzig
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The Leipzig Regional Court has sentenced a 34-year-old to five and a half years in prison.
The court saw it as proven that the man deposited four self-made explosive devices in the city of Leipzig.
He had already made a confession at the start of the trial on Monday and asked for an apology.
Two people were injured by the explosives last year.
A walker was injured in the hand and stomach when a device in a cardboard box exploded.
Another man kicked a package lying on a sidewalk, which then exploded.
He suffered superficial injuries to his legs and face.
Report confirms no propensity to new serious crimes
The accused had been accused of preparing explosion crimes and causing explosives explosions in conjunction with dangerous bodily harm and property damage.
The public prosecutor had asked for seven years in prison and subsequent preventive detention, as a court spokeswoman said.
However, the court did not order preventive detention because an expert report saw no tendency for the accused to commit new serious crimes.
The defense asked for five years imprisonment.
One of the injured parties appeared in the process as a joint plaintiff and concluded a settlement with the accused for the payment of 6,000 euros in damages.
The 34-year-old does not currently have the money, but has announced that he wants to pay, the spokeswoman said.
The accused was arrested in October after being injured in an explosion at his own home and taken to hospital.
At that time he had apparently tried to build another bomb.
One explosive device was found near a school, another in a used clothes container.
According to the court, the man had stated that he could not explain the crime himself.
According to the MDR, the judgment is not yet final.
The accused can still appeal.
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