Borussia Dortmund explosions: police find letter claiming responsibility for attack – as it happened | Football | The Guardian

Borussia Dortmund explosions: police find letter claiming responsibility for attack – as it happened | Football | The Guardian: Police were asked about rumours of some kind of blackmail plot against Dortmund and replied “That’s the first we’ve heard about that.” Asked whether it was a suspected terrorist attack, they repeated that they are keeping their minds open to several possibilities.

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7h ago
22:47
Police explain that the explosions went off just as the Dortmund bus was passing by but they do not know how they were detonated. They are keeping an open mind as to the possibility that someone was watching and waiting.

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7h ago
22:37
Police reveal claim of responsibility

More on the letter: police say it contains as claim of responsibility for the attack. But to repeat they have not confirmed the authenticity of the letter.

Updated at 10.37pm BST
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7h ago
22:34
Police have confirmed that the Dortmund team bus was the intended target of the attack. It is not clear whether the contents of the letter they discovered led them to that conclusion, although they presumably have other reasons for suspecting it, as they have not yet authenticated the letter. They also say that tomorrow’s match will go ahead under heightened security.