Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League game against Monaco has been postponed until Wednesday after three explosions around the team bus.
The German club announced a bomb exploded on their bus before the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final, the incident believed to have happened around 3km away from the stadium.
A statement on the club’s Twitter account said: “Bomb explosion on the team bus at the team hotel. Players are safe.”
Governing body UEFA has announced that kickoff has been moved from 7.45pm on Tuesday to the provisional time slot of 5.45pm on Wednesday.
The local police force – Polizei Nordrhein-Westfalen Dortmund – then stated on Twitter: “We can confirm that there have been three explosions in the area of the @BVB team bus.”
In an initial announcement, Dortmund said: “At the departure of our bus, an incident occurred. One person was injured. More information to follow.”
Reports in Germany said the injured person was Dortmund’s Spanish defender Marc Bartra, and the Bundesliga side soon confirmed that to be the case.
They tweeted: “Dortmund confirmed In the explosion @MarcBartra was injured and is currently in the hospital. Good and fast recovery, Marc! #bvbasm”
Bartra joined the club from Barcelona last year, and his former club were quick to wish him well.
The Spanish club said on Twitter: “All our support to @MarcBartra, @BVB and their fans.”
Reports suggest that the blast occurred at the team’s hotel, approximately 10km from the stadium, and shattered the vehicle’s windows.
Local police have issued a statement confirming that forces have been mobilised in response to the incident, but the cause of the blast is yet to be confirmed.
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