Fenerbahce Bus Attacked, Driver Wounded: Latest Details and Reaction

Assailants attacked the Fenerbahce team bus on April 4 following a 5-1 victory over Rizespor in Turkey. It's unclear what the attackers' motives were, but the incident is reported to have happened as the team headed to the airport in Trabzon. As a result, the Turkish football league has been suspended one week, per Eurosport.com.

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Turkish Police Detain Two Suspects After Bus Attack

Tuesday, April 7

As reported by Steve Wilson of The Associated Press, the police have detained two people after the incident:

The AP's report provides information from Trabzon Governor Abdil Celil Oz, who suggests one man followed the convoy while the other fired gunshots.

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Fenerbahce Team Bus Attacked by Gunfire

Saturday, April 4

According to Turkish press outfit Anadolu Agency (via Miles Chambers of Goal.com), multiple attackers fired shots at the Fenerbahce bus. The driver is said to have suffered a gunshot wound, and from the photos, there appeared to be bullet holes in the windshield. No one on the team is believed to be injured.

BBC Sport previously provided a statement from the club, which believed a suspension would have been unavoidable:

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As Fenerbahce, we think it's unavoidable to suspend the league until this dark attack is enlightened. ... It is the end of the football and blood has been spilled. Fenerbahce's irrevocable priority is for the culprits to be found and punished immediately. 

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Rob Harris of the AP also reported no players sustained injuries:

The linked AP report (via The Washington Post) in Harris' tweet noted Oz altered a previous statement in which he said the driver was believed to have been hit be a stone: "The latest situation is that it appears to be a gun," the governor said. "It is too soon to say anything definite, but it appears to be a type of bullet fired by a rifle."

While not confirmed, Chambers did note "Fenerbahce's vice president Mahmut Uslu appeared to imply that Trabzonspor supporters were behind the attack, though there is no evidence to support such assertions."

Chambers went on to explain "there has been bad blood between Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor since the aftermath of the 2010-11 season when the former won the title ahead of the latter despite being embroiled in a match-fixing scandal."

In 2012, Fenerbahce chairman Aziz Yildirim was convicted and sentenced to more than six years in prison on charges of fixing multiple matches and trying to pay off players and officials for other teams.