Friday, April 1, 2011
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Parcel bomb foiled in the stadium of Borussia Dortmund

6:34 PM

Borussia Dortmund have confirmed the shock of the German Bundesliga with Hannover 96 will go ahead on Saturday despite three explosive devices was discovered near their Stadium Thursday.


Dortmund police said no there was no danger to the public after they defused the bomb in a parking lot a few hundred metres of the Signal Iduna Park. Police have confirmed that they arrested a suspect who has planted explosives and also tried to sing a local company. The bomb plot was not a terror or an Islamic plot, they said.


A statement on the website of the leaders of the League, said: "To ensure that our fans have a safe visit in the game Saturday, BVB (the club), as a precautionary measure, more will increase security around the Signal Iduna Park in consultation with the police."


Dortmund are now seven points clear at the top of the table in the League with only seven games remaining. Reuters.com has reported that the Federal Office of Crime (BKA) of the Germany had arrested the suspect in Cologne and had also found three explosive devices in the search of his home.


They cited a spokesman Ministry of the Interior in Berlin to say: "there is no indication of any links to terror or Islamic organizations."


"The suspect was apparently acting on his own with a criminal motivation." Is there any danger to third parties at any time. »

The BKA said that they have launched an investigation in February after the Germany Islamabad Embassy has received a tip off the coast by e-mail with detailed information about planned attacks.
 
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