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\n The Borussia Dortmund soccer team bus was damaged by explosion a few miles from the stadium prior to the UEFA Champions League quarter-final football match against Monaco in Dortmund, Germany, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Three explosions went off near the bus of Germany’s Borussia Dortmund soccer team on Tuesday evening in the city of Dortmund, local police say<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The team said on Twitter that<\/a> one of its players, defender Marc Bartra, suffered a broken wrist and is being treated in a hospital. The injury required surgery.<\/p>\n

Initial reports suggest that the blasts were caused by “serious explosives,” potentially hidden in a bush near a parking lot, Dortmund police said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police and prosecutors have not identified who is behind the explosions.<\/p>\n

Dortmund police chief Gregor Lange said late Tuesday that police assume the team bus was intentionally targeted, but that the origin of the attack was unclear, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n

“I do not want to suggest that this was a terrorist attack,” Lange said, according to Reuters. “All that is still being investigated.”<\/p>\n

A letter was found near the site of the explosion, and investigators are looking into its authenticity, police say<\/a>. The Associated Press reports that the letter allegedly takes responsibility for the blasts.<\/p>\n