In a scary developing story out of Germany, a series of explosions just outside the bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund soccer team Tuesday has injured center back Marc Bartra.
According to Dortmund’s tweets, the team bus was outside its team hotel, on the way to a Champions League match against AS Monaco. The match has been delayed until Wednesday.
"Bomb explosion at the team bus at the team hotel. Players in safety. No danger in and around the stadium. More info to follow." https://t.co/spOtkyVbrw
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) April 11, 2017
Der BVB-Mannschaftsbus steht noch auf der Straße. Scheiben hinten kaputt #BVBASM pic.twitter.com/p7DPJoyU4K
— Sebastian Kolsberger (@SKolsberger) April 11, 2017
According to a police statement, “It is not yet possible to say exactly what the explosion was or exactly where something exploded.”
Dortmund confirmed Bartra was injured in this explosion.
Bei der Explosion wurde @MarcBartra verletzt und befindet sich derzeit im Krankenhaus. Gute und schnelle Genesung, Marc! #bvbasm
— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) April 11, 2017
The match was also postponed until Wednesday, which is secondary to the health and safety of everyone involved.
#bvbasm has just been postponed until Wednesday, 12 April 1845 CET. Tickets remain valid. Thanks to everyone involved in the decision.
— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) April 11, 2017