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11 April 2017, the tour bus of German football team

Borussia Dortmund was attacked in Germany, with three

homemade pipe bombs, as it ferried the team to the
Westfalenstadion, Dortmund for the first leg of their

quarter-final against Monaco in the UEFA Champions

League.

Three roadside bombs exploded wounding one of the

team's players, Marc Bartra, and a policeman. Further

casualties were however, avoided due to the strengthened

windows of the bus.

Initially it was thought that the attack was perpetrated by

Islamist terrorists. Letters found at the scene claimed

responsibility in retaliation for German military action
against Muslims of Islamic State. The letters claimed that

further attacks would follow unless Germany withdrew from

the conflict and closed the U.S. military base in Ramstein,

Germany. This was followed by other claims of responsibility

from far-left and far-right groups.

Less than two years earlier, Islamist terrorists had attacked

the Stade de France in Paris during a friendly between

France and Germany, part of a wave of co-ordinated
shootings and bombings in the French capital. (5)