Dortmund target of bomb attack

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Schneck, the Dortmund press officer during Klopp's time at the club, said: "Jurgen Klopp is just as much affected as all of us.

Several windows were broken", police spokesman Gunnar Wortmann was quoted as saying.

Police said they were working on the assumption that the blasts were directed at the Dortmund team and caused by "serious explosive devices", which may have been hidden in a hedge near a vehicle park.

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"I hope the team will be in a position to be able to compete tomorrow on the pitch".

Marc Bartra of Borussia Dortmund is challenged by Robert Lewandowski of FC Bayern Muenchen.

An official for the state prosecutor's office said that a letter was found near the blast site but that it was unclear if the letter was authentic, the Sputnik reported.

The team did not provide any details about Bartra's condition.

The case is being investigated as attempted homicide, she said. A letter was found near the crime scene.

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Spokeswoman Frauke Koehler said in a statement Wednesday that prosecutors would make a further statement about the probe at 2 p.m. (1200 GMT) in Karlsruhe.

One explosive device failed to go off, Luecke said. He is now not fit for work, the statement said.

One player was hurt, Marc Bartra later underwent an operation after breaking a bone in his wrist. Buerki told a Swiss daily, Blick, that he was sitting in the last row of the bus, next to Bartra. The media said it was BVB back Marc Bartra. "This evening we are all behind @BVB", he tweeted in German.

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The chief executive of German soccer team Borussia Dortmund says police informed him that the explosives that went off near the team bus were hidden by the exit of a hotel and detonated as the bus passed.

The stadium emptied quickly and without incident.

"The police were quickly on the spot and they handled the situation".

The match will now take place at 1745BST tonight, with increased security measures in place.

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