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| Fenerbahce team bus attacked on journey home from Rizespor match | Fenerbahce team bus attacked on journey home from Rizespor match |
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| The Fenerbahce team bus has come under armed attack as it drove to the airport following their 5-1 away win at the Black Sea side Caykur Rizespor in Turkey’s Super Lig. | The Fenerbahce team bus has come under armed attack as it drove to the airport following their 5-1 away win at the Black Sea side Caykur Rizespor in Turkey’s Super Lig. |
| Fener said on their official website that the bus driver was wounded in the attack and taken to hospital. | Fener said on their official website that the bus driver was wounded in the attack and taken to hospital. |
| There was no mention of any injuries to anyone else. | There was no mention of any injuries to anyone else. |
| The club posted several pictures of the bus on their website, showing a shattered side window and damage to the front windscreen. The pictures also showed blood on the driver’s seat and the steering wheel. | |
| There were conflicting reports, however, over the nature of the attack. Abdulcelil Oz, the governor of Trabzon, said the driver appeared to have been hit by a stone, while Fenerbahce TV said the bus was attacked by an assailant with a shotgun. | There were conflicting reports, however, over the nature of the attack. Abdulcelil Oz, the governor of Trabzon, said the driver appeared to have been hit by a stone, while Fenerbahce TV said the bus was attacked by an assailant with a shotgun. |
| The players were traveling from the city of Rize to the airport in the neighboring city of Trabzon, to return to Istanbul. | The players were traveling from the city of Rize to the airport in the neighboring city of Trabzon, to return to Istanbul. |
| The Fenerbahce general secretary Mahmut Uslu said on the club website that the attack was “very wrong”, saying: “We come here to do sport, we come to play football.” | |
| The Turkish Football Federation released a statement condemning the attack. |