An explosion has occurred near the Dortmund team bus ahead of their Champions League qualifier with Monaco tonight, there has been speculation about defender Marc Bartra being injured and rushed to hospital but with no statement proving that or otherwise. Dortmund have come out and stated that their will be a decision made on whether tonight’s game will go ahead or not by at least 20:30 tonight.
Here are their tweets regarding the incident:
Bomb explosion near the team bus. No danger in and at the stadium.
Bombenexplosion am Mannschaftsbus am Mannschaftshotel. Spieler in Sicherheit. Keine Gefahr im und am Stadion. Weitere Infos folgen. #bvbasm
— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) April 11, 2017
The police have requested that people don’t spread rumours and wait for their announcements.
#Explosion #Dortmund
Bitte warten Sie auf offizielle Informationen +unterlassen Gerüchte und Spekulationen. Damit unterstützen Sie uns sehr.— Polizei NRW DO (@polizei_nrw_do) April 11, 2017
They will announce their decision on the game by 20:30.
Entscheidung über mögliche Spielabsage/-neuansetzung fällt um 20.30 Uhr. #bvbasm
— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) April 11, 2017
They are reassuring here that there is no need to worry if you are visiting the stadium tonight.
Bitte folgt auch der @polizei_nrw_do für weitere Informationen. Es gibt aktuell keinen Anlass zur Beunruhigung für unsere Stadionbesucher.
— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) April 11, 2017
UPDATE: Sky Germany are reporting it was 3 explosions and cannot confirm or deny if Marc Bartra has suffered any injuries.