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Tuesday, 11 April 2017

BOMB BLAST NEAR DORTMUNT [BVB] CLUB TODAY

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Three explosions have gone off near the Borussia Dortmund team bus ahead of a Champions League match in Germany.
Defender Marc Bartra, a Spain international, was taken to hospital after being injured by shattered glass from the coach's windows.
He was said to have suffered a wounded hand.Other players in the German side are thought to have been unhurt.
The blasts happened as the vehicle was leaving the team hotel in Dortmund ahead of a Champions League match against Monaco.
The explosions took place 10km (6.2 miles) from the Westfalenstadion, where the team had been due to face the French side in a quarter-final first-leg tie.
The game has now been postponed until Wednesday evening.
Borussia Dortmund said there was no danger at the stadium, where around 80,000 people would have been expected for the gameThe club thanked Monaco supporters for their "patience and understanding" and for chanting "Dortmund! Dortmund!" when the reason for the postponement was announced.
Dortmund recommended that fans stay in the stadium and remain calm to allow an "orderly departure".
It is not known what caused the blasts.North Rhine-Westphalia police spokesman Gunnar Wortmann said there were "three explosions near the team bus as they left the hotel to go to the stadium".
He added that "there was one player injured inside and damage to a window".
.Police said in a statement: "In the run-up to the Champions League game between BVB (Dortmund) and AS Monaco, there was just after 7pm tonight an explosion close to the BVB team bus.
"According to what we currently know, the wheels of the bus (totally or partly) burst and one person was injured.
"It is not yet possible to say exactly what the explosion was or exactly where something exploded."


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