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                                                                                         WORLD NEWS Wednesday 12 april 2017


















             Germany: Pregame blasts rock soccer team bus; player injured



            MARTIN MEISSNER              cide, Luecke said.
            Associated Press             “We  had  to  assume,  and
            DORTMUND, Germany (AP)  assumed  right  from  the
            — Three explosions went off  start,  that  this  was  a  tar-
            near the team bus of Borus-  geted  attack  against  the
            sia  Dortmund, one of  Ger-  team  of  Borussia  Dort-
            many’s  top  soccer  clubs,  mund,”  Dortmund  Police
            as it set off for a Champions  Chief Gregor Lange. Inves-
            League quarterfinal match  tigators  are  not  excluding
            on  Tuesday  evening.  One  any possible angles in their
            of Dortmund’s players was  investigation,   while   the
            injured.                     “concrete background” to
            Police said they were work-  the blasts remains unclear,
            ing on the assumption that  he  said.  There  were  three
            the blasts were directed at  explosions  near  the  Dort-
            the  Dortmund  team  and  mund bus as the team left
            caused  by  “serious  explo-  the L’Arrivee Hotel and Spa
            sive  devices,”  which  may  on the outskirts of the west-
            have  been  hidden  in  a  ern city of Dortmund for the
            hedge near a car park.       stadium, around 10 kilome-
            The  explosions  happened  ters (6 miles) away, at 7.15   A  camera  man  films  Dortmund’s  team  bus  after  it  was  damaged  in  an  explosion  before  the
            as  the  team  was  depart-  p.m. local time (1715 GMT),   Champions League quarterfinal soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco in
            ing  its  hotel  for  a  first-leg  police said.          Dortmund, western Germany, Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
            match  against  Monaco.  A  window  on  the  bus  was                                                                  (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
            The  game  was  called  off  damaged and Spanish de-
            shortly  before  kickoff  and  fender Marc Bartra was in-  was sitting in the last row of  Inside the packed stadium,  somehow because it’s only
            rescheduled  for  Wednes-    jured. Club spokesman Sas-   the bus, next to Bartra.     supporters   of   Monaco,  24 hours before we have to
            day.                         cha Fligge said Bartra was   Bartra  was  hit  by  shards  which  plays  in  the  French  play.  That’s  our  job,”  Dort-
            A  letter  claiming  responsi-  operated  on  late  Tuesday   from the broken back win-  league,  chanted  “Dort-   mund  Chief  Executive  Of-
            bility  was  found  near  the  for  a  broken  bone  in  his   dow,  he  added.  Players  mund,  Dortmund”  in  sym-  ficer Hans-Joachim Watzke
            site of the blasts, prosecutor  right  wrist  and  to  remove   ducked for cover, wonder-  pathy for the German side.  said.
            Sandra  Luecke  told  a  late  “foreign  objects”  from  his   ing  whether  there  would  Dortmund   residents,   for  Watzke  added  that  there
            evening news conference.  arm.                            be more explosions.          their  part,  used  social  me-  was “no alternative” to re-
            She  said  investigators  are  Dortmund  goalkeeper  Ro-  “We’re  all  shocked  —  no-  dia  to  offer  accommoda-  scheduling  the  match  for
            examining the authenticity  man  Buerki  said  the  team   body  thought  about  a  tion  to  stranded  Monaco  Wednesday,  as  Monaco
            of  what  was  written  in  the  bus  had  just  pulled  out  of   football  match  in  the  min-  supporters  ahead  of  their  also  has  to  play  over  the
            letter,  but  wouldn’t  reveal  the  hotel  driveway  when   utes after that,” Buerki said.  rescheduled  match  in  Eu-  weekend  and  the  return
            more  about  its  contents,  an  explosion  —  a  “huge   Lange said a further “suspi-  rope’s premier soccer club  Champions League match
            citing  the  ongoing  investi-  bang”  —  happened  and   cious object” was found at  competition.                  is scheduled for next week.
            gation.                      sent  glass  flying.  Buerki,   the  scene,  but  it  does  not  “The   team   is   totally  “It’s a very unfortunate situ-
            The  case  is  being  investi-  who  is  from  Switzerland,   appear  to  have  been  an-  shocked,  that’s  clear.  It’s  ation, but there was no oth-
            gated as attempted homi-     told Swiss daily Blick that he   other explosive device.  our  task  now  to  digest  this  er way,” he said.q

            Hundreds of migrants at large after fire ravages French camp



            JEAN GUILBERT                election.                    demise,  the  government  as part of waves of recent  remain  unaccounted-for,
            ANGELA CHARLTON              Police  cordoned  off  the  said in a statement.          migration to Europe.         the mayor and prefect told
            Associated Press             largely  destroyed  camp  The  interior  and  housing  As  many  as  1,600  people  reporters Tuesday.
            GRANDE-SYNTHE,      France  in  the  Dunkirk  suburb  of  ministers  headed  to  the  were in the camp when the  Doctors  Without  Borders,
            (AP) — Authorities and aid  Grande-Synthe on Tuesday  scene in a sign of the gov-      blaze broke out, according  which set up the site a year
            workers  are  searching  for  and investigators inspected  ernment’s  concern  about  to  Grande-Synthe  Mayor  ago to replace filthy make-
            several  hundred  migrants  the site to try to determine  the issue.                   Damien  Careme  and  pre-    shift camps in the region, is
            who  disappeared  after  a  the  cause  of  the  Monday  Most of the camp near the  fect  Michel  Lalande,  the  holding  meetings  Tuesday
            fire ravaged their camp in  night  fire,  which  broke  out  English  Channel  is  now  re-  top government official for  to decide what to do next.
            northern  France,  a  shock-  following  a  fight  between  duced  to  the  charred  re-  the region.               Other aid groups are plan-
            ing  blaze  that  exposed  rival groups of migrants.      mains  of  wooden  shelters  Some  500  were  taken  to  ning  to  distribute  meals
            anew  the  challenges  and  Three  mobile  police  units  and  sparse  belongings  of  three  local  gymnasiums,  Tuesday  to  migrants  in  the
            tensions  around  Europe’s  were  deployed  in  the  the  migrants,  who  con-         including one set aside for  gymnasiums and anywhere
            migrants  just  12  days  be-  area  to  head  off  tensions  verged on northern France  children and families — but  else they are found around
            fore  France’s  presidential  prompted  by  the  camp’s  in hopes of reaching Britain  most of the other migrants  town.q
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