A series of bombs detonated near the bus of a prominent German soccer team Tuesday, injuring a player and forcing the team to postpone a crucial playoff match, though the attackers and their motives remain unclear.
The team said on Twitter that one of its players, defender Marc Bartra, suffered a broken wrist and is being treated in a hospital.
This incident also brings back memories of the Paris attacks in 2015 when Germany was playing France in a friendly and explosions took place outside the stadium resulting in panic and confusion.
The country's national news agency DPA reported there were no indications the attack was terror-related, citing security sources. The prosecutor, Sandra Luecke, declined to answer further questions about the letter's contents, including what language it was written in.
With the match having been rescheduled for Thursday morning AEST, Lücke stressed everything possible was being done to ensure the safety of players and supporters.
Investigators had identified two suspects from the "Islamist scene", searched their apartments and detained one man, she said.
"The thoughts of every one of us at Federation Internationale de Football Association are with the people of Dortmund, and the fans of both Borussia Dortmund and Monaco following today's troubling events".
The explosives shattered the bus windows and the vehicle was burned on the right hand side.
Gunnar Wortmann, a police spokesman, said in the hours after the attack: "We will be working throughout the night to discover who was behind this attack".
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"After the bang, we all ducked in the bus and those who could threw themselves to the ground".
"Borussia Dortmund is especially strong in extreme situations".
Dortmund's president Reinhard Rauball said he believed the team would be ready for Wednesday's game. But the Dortmund fans opened their homes to them.
"The worst thing would be if whoever committed this attack was now able to get to affect them through it", he said.
Dortmund's Marcel Schmelzer talks to police officers outside the team bus after it was damaged in an explosion before the Champions League quarterfinal soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco in Dortmund, wester.
Players and staff of the Bundesliga club were being transported to Signal Iduna Park for their Champions League quarter-final meeting with Monaco when the bus they were travelling on was struck.
"When there has been a direct attack on the team bus, then it's not just forgotten by Wednesday", said the 47-year-old.
The letter referred to the Berlin Christmas market attack in December claimed by the Islamic State extremists group that killed 12 people, as well as Germany's deployment of Tornado reconnaissance missions as part of an anti-ISIS worldwide coalition.
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