Three explosions have hit a bus carrying the Borussia Dortmund football team to their home Champions League quarter-final match against Monaco. In a press conference, the head of Dortmund police said it was a targeted attack on the team. Spain international Marc Bartra was taken to hospital with an injury to his hand. No other players were hurt. The first indications were that this was an "attack with serious explosives", Dortmund police said. The match was postponed until 18:45 local time (16:45 GMT) on Wednesday. Pictures from the scene showed the bus's windows broken and tyres burst in the blasts. The state prosecutor said that a letter found near the scene was being examined as part of the investigation. Bartra broke a bone in his wrist and had to undergo an operation. Police said that "three explosive charges had detonated" at Hoechsten outside the city at about 19:00 local time. Fans at the 80,000-capacity Signal Iduna Park were told to stay ...
y AFP | 05 August 2017 | 11:39 am This file photo taken on June 28, 2017 shows Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo walking during the 2017 Confederations Cup semi-final football match between Portugal and Chile at the Kazan Arena in Kazan on June 28, 2017. Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo heads to court on July 30, 2017 accused of evading 14.7 million euros in tax through offshore companies in a country only just emerging from a damaging economic crisis. Cristiano Ronaldo told a Spanish court he “would like to return to England” due to his tax troubles in Spain, Spanish radio station Cadena Ser reported on Saturday. The Real Madrid star was called to testify in court on Monday over accusations he evaded 14.7 million euros ($17.3 million) in tax on his image rights via a complicated web of shell companies based in the British Virgin Islands and Ir...
Briefing newsmen on the development Friday in Yola, the state Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Aliyu Ndanusa, said that Mumina was rescued with her eight-month-old baby on Thursday. The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Adamawa says it has rescued Mumina Hamidu, a 19-year-old lady who escaped from Boko Haram insurgents in Sambisa Forest. Briefing newsmen on the development Friday in Yola, the state Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Aliyu Ndanusa, said that Mumina was rescued with her eight-month-old baby on Thursday. Ndanusa said that the lady was abducted in Mubi town when it was occupied by the insurgents in 2014. According to him, she succeeded in escaping from Sambisa to Cameroon, where she was picked up by men of the corps while returning to Mubi. He said that the lady and her baby would be handed over to the relevant authorities for proper rehabilitation. The commandant also said that the corps had between January and now, rescued two such women from ...
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