{"id":310197,"date":"2017-04-12T14:37:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T14:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=310197"},"modified":"2017-04-12T14:37:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T14:37:15","slug":"borussia-dortmund-attack-islamist-suspect-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/borussia-dortmund-attack-islamist-suspect-held\/","title":{"rendered":"Borussia Dortmund attack: Islamist suspect held"},"content":{"rendered":"
German police have detained a suspect with “Islamist links” following a bomb attack on the bus of the Borussia Dortmund football team.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors also said one of the three explosive devices contained metal strips.<\/p>\n
Two letters claiming the attack on Tuesday evening were being investigated, they said.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors are treating the blasts as a terrorist attack but say the precise motive is unclear at present.<\/p>\n
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said the attack was “an appalling crime” and praised the fans of both teams for coming together.<\/p>\n
Letter’s demands<\/strong><\/p>\n A spokeswoman for Germany’s federal prosecutor, Frauke Koehler, said: “Two suspects from the Islamist spectrum have become the focus of our investigation. Both of their apartments were searched, and one of the two has been detained.”<\/p>\n The blast radius of the attack was about 100m. Prosecutors said it was lucky the casualties were not worse.<\/p>\n Ms Koehler said a piece of shrapnel had embedded itself in the headrest of one of the seats on the team bus.<\/p>\n