Explosion Hit Borussia Dortmund Team Bus
Explosion Hit Borussia Dortmund Team Bus
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DORTMUND - An explosion has hit a bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund football team to a Champions League match. Player Marc Bartra has been injured and has been taken to hospital.
The team tweeted (in German) that the other players were safe and there was no danger in or around the stadium.
The AFP news agency reported that the bus's windows were broken in the blast. North-Rhine Westphalia police said they were at the scene. It will be announced at 20:30 local time (18:30 GMT) whether the quarter-final match against Monaco. That match was cancelled following the explosion.
They confirmed that there was no immediate danger to anyone in and around their stadium, Signal Iduna Park.
"In the run-up to the Champions League match of the BVB against the AS Monaco, there was an explosion near the BVB team teambus shortly after 7 pm. The event location is Wittbrauckerstrasse/Schirrmannweg in Dortmund-Hochsten. According to current knowledge the disks of the bus (whole or partial) were broken and one person was injured. It is not yet possible to say exactly what the explosion was or exactly where something exploded," a statement from Dortmund police said.
The team tweeted (in German) that the other players were safe and there was no danger in or around the stadium.
The AFP news agency reported that the bus's windows were broken in the blast. North-Rhine Westphalia police said they were at the scene. It will be announced at 20:30 local time (18:30 GMT) whether the quarter-final match against Monaco. That match was cancelled following the explosion.
They confirmed that there was no immediate danger to anyone in and around their stadium, Signal Iduna Park.
"In the run-up to the Champions League match of the BVB against the AS Monaco, there was an explosion near the BVB team teambus shortly after 7 pm. The event location is Wittbrauckerstrasse/Schirrmannweg in Dortmund-Hochsten. According to current knowledge the disks of the bus (whole or partial) were broken and one person was injured. It is not yet possible to say exactly what the explosion was or exactly where something exploded," a statement from Dortmund police said.
(rnz)
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