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  • Blasts near football team bus in Germany before Champions League match

    Police patrol on horseback outside the stadium. AFP Image Police patrol on horseback outside the stadium.

    An explosion has hit a bus transporting German football team Borussia Dortmund to the UEFA Champions League 1st leg quarter-final football match against Monaco in Dortmund, Germany.

    The bus of Borussia Dortmund had some windows broken by an explosion some 10km away from the stadium.

    German soccer team Borussia Dortmund said in a tweet on Tuesday there had been an explosion on the team bus.

    North Rhine-Westphalia police spokesman Gunnar Wortmann told The Associated Press Tuesday that there were “three explosions near the team bus as they left the hotel to go to the stadium” and that “there was one player injured inside and damage to a window.”

    German daily Bild reported Spanish defender Marc Bartra has been injured and taken to the hospital.

    Security officials confirmed that one person was injured, however, there were no confirmations of casualties yet.

    Borussia Dortmund officials confirmed that the match against Monaco has been postponed till Wednesday.