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| ‘Attack with serious explosives’: police on blasts at Borussia Dortmund team bus | |
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| One person was injured after triple blasts near the bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund as it set off for their home Champions League quarterfinal game. Police said preliminary reports point to an “attack with serious explosives.” | |
| The club said in a twitter post that there was “a bomb blast” close to the team bus, adding that the team players are now “in safety” and “no threat is posed to the stadium,” where the quarterfinal was due to take place. | The club said in a twitter post that there was “a bomb blast” close to the team bus, adding that the team players are now “in safety” and “no threat is posed to the stadium,” where the quarterfinal was due to take place. |
| “We can confirm that there were three explosions near the Borussia team bus,” police have announced. | “We can confirm that there were three explosions near the Borussia team bus,” police have announced. |
| Large police forces have been deployed to the scene, the law enforcement added. | Large police forces have been deployed to the scene, the law enforcement added. |
| The wheel rims of the bus were destroyed by the blast and one person was injured, police announced. | The wheel rims of the bus were destroyed by the blast and one person was injured, police announced. |
| According to the Borussia Dortmund CEO, Hans-Joachim Watzke, the three explosive devices were hidden in a nearby leafy hedge. | |
| “As [the bus with] the team has moved off from the hotel, the three explosive devices hidden in a verdant hedge were somehow detonated. The explosion particularly damaged the bus,” he told journalists at Dortmund’s stadium, where the quarterfinal match should have taken place, as reported by Focus. | |
| Borussia confirmed that the person who was wounded in the explosion was the Dortmund player Marc Bartra who was hospitalized as a result. | Borussia confirmed that the person who was wounded in the explosion was the Dortmund player Marc Bartra who was hospitalized as a result. |
| The incident occurred around 19:00 (local time) (18:00 GMT) ahead of the team’s Champion League quarterfinal game against AS Monaco. | The incident occurred around 19:00 (local time) (18:00 GMT) ahead of the team’s Champion League quarterfinal game against AS Monaco. |
| The quarterfinal was postponed because of the incident and rescheduled for Wednesday, April 12, the club said on Twitter. | The quarterfinal was postponed because of the incident and rescheduled for Wednesday, April 12, the club said on Twitter. |