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| Borussia Dortmund football team bus hit by explosions | Borussia Dortmund football team bus hit by explosions |
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| Three explosions have hit a bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund football team to their home Champions League quarter-final match against Monaco. | Three explosions have hit a bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund football team to their home Champions League quarter-final match against Monaco. |
| Spain international Marc Bartra was taken to hospital with an injury to his hand, the club said. | Spain international Marc Bartra was taken to hospital with an injury to his hand, the club said. |
| The team tweeted (in German) that the other players were safe and there was no danger in or around the stadium. | The team tweeted (in German) that the other players were safe and there was no danger in or around the stadium. |
| The first-leg match was postponed and will now be played on Wednesday at 18:45 local time (16:45 GMT). | The first-leg match was postponed and will now be played on Wednesday at 18:45 local time (16:45 GMT). |
| Pictures from the scene showed the bus's windows broken and tyres burst in the blasts. | |
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| Police said that "three explosive charges detonated" at Hoechsten outside the city at about 19:00 local time. | |
| "It is not yet possible to say exactly what the explosion was or exactly where something exploded," a police statement said. | |
| It added: "Currently there is no evidence of a threat to the visitors at the stadium." | |
| But fans at the 80,000-capacity Signal Iduna Park were told to stay there until it was safe to leave. The stadium has now been evacuated. | |
| Borussia Dortmund said in a statement: "Shortly after the departure of the Borussia Dortmund team bus from the hotel to the stadium there was an incident. | Borussia Dortmund said in a statement: "Shortly after the departure of the Borussia Dortmund team bus from the hotel to the stadium there was an incident. |
| "The bus has been damaged in two places. One person has been injured and is in hospital." | "The bus has been damaged in two places. One person has been injured and is in hospital." |
| The Dortmund Twitter page confirmed that Bartra, a 26-year-old defender, was the player hurt, and wished him a speedy recovery. | |
| Dortmund's CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said: "There has been an attack with explosives on the team bus. | |
| "The whole team is in a state of shock, you can't get pictures like that out of your head." | |
| He added: "I hope the team will be in a position to be able to compete tomorrow on the pitch. In a crisis situation like this, Borussia pulls together." | |
| One of the Dortmund players, Mathias Ginter, was involved in the Germany-France match that was targeted in the terror attacks in Paris on 13 November, 2015. Another present in Paris, Andre Schurrle, was injured for the Monaco match. | |
| FC Barcelona, Bartra's former club, tweeted: "All of our support to @MarcBartra, @BVB and their fans." | |
| Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy also tweeted his support, wishing Bartra a quick recovery. | Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy also tweeted his support, wishing Bartra a quick recovery. |
| Dortmund are currently fourth in the German Bundesliga table. | Dortmund are currently fourth in the German Bundesliga table. |