Explosions have happened shattering windows and injuring a player on the Borussia Dortmund team bus Tuesday as the German football squad was en route to its home Champions League match.
Police say the explosions were part of a targeted attack.
Investigators found near the scene a handwritten letter that claimed responsibility for the attack.
Spanish defender Marc Bartra, 26, suffered injuries to an arm and hand, the team said.
Bartra, who has played 29 games in all competitions for Dortmund this season, was treated at the scene and hospitalized.
The team later said Bartra was in surgery for a broken radius -- a bone in the forearm -- and for "bits of debris lodged in his hand." He will not play Wednesday.
"We hope that he will make a speedy recovery," Dortmund captain Marcel Schmelzer said on the team website.
Between 40 and 50 people, including the trainer and medical support staff, were on board the bus. A preliminary investigation indicates the explosives "could have been hidden in a hedge near a parking lot," according to an update posted on the Dortmund police website.
Head coach Thomas Tuchel, far right, and Borussia Dortmund players stand outside their team bus.
Video from the scene showed police escorting American midfielder Christian Pulisic away from the bus, apparently unharmed. Other images showed head coach Thomas Tuchel and members of the team in training gear, accompanied by police with long guns, standing on the side of the road. Some of the players looked stunned.
The location of the blast was roughly 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Westfalenstadion, also known as Signal Iduna Park.
As news of the incident spread inside the stadium, fans of Dortmund's opponent, AS Monaco, stood, clapped and chanted "Dortmund!"
Pitty news but I wish them lucks later today.
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