Marc Bartra injured in blasts near Dortmund team bus: club
Dortmund’s team bus was damaged and a player was injured following three explosions near the vehicle while it was on its way to Tuesday’s Champions League game at home to AS Monaco, police said.
The match, a quarterfinal first leg, was called off and rescheduled for Wednesday.
“According to what is currently known, the windows of the bus were (entirely or partly) smashed and one person was injured,” Dortmund police said in a said. The police said the incident happened in Hoechsten, located outside the city.
“It is not yet possible to say exactly what the explosion was or exactly where something exploded,” said the statement.
Dortmund said defender and Spanish international Marc Bartra had been taken to hospital.
Dortmund CEO Hansjoachim Watzke said Bartra, 26, suffered a hand injury and was being treated in hospital.
“All of our support to @Marcbartra, @BVB and their fans,” Barcelona tweeted in support of their former player.
Police added: “Currently there is no evidence of a threat to the visitors at the stadium.”
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 the hospital. At this point we will inform as soon as we know more.”
Dortmund later said in a tweet that the match would go ahead on Wednesday at 1645 .
The announcement that the game was postponed until Wednesday was only made to the stunned stadium about 15 minutes before the game started.
UEFA confirmed the match will now be played on Wednesday. at 1845 local time (2215 IST).
Dortmund relayed a copy of its Twitter announcement of the explosions inside the stadium to inform fans of events.