Borussia Dortmund Launch 'Beds for Away Fans' to Help Monaco After Bus Explosion

Borussia Dortmund supporters came to the aid of stranded AS Monaco fans on Tuesday evening by offering accommodation after their UEFA Champions League match was postponed. 

An attack on the Dortmund team bus consisting of three explosions left defender Marc Bartra in hospital with a fractured wrist, per BBC Sport. With the quarter-final first leg put back a day, the Bundesliga side sent out the following message on social media to help visiting supporters find a place to stay, using a "bedforawayfans" hashtag:

And as we can see here, the Dortmund and Monaco supporters came together at the end of a difficult day:

Quickly, more posts started to flood in depicting fans of the two clubs together at various venues, often sitting down to eat and have a beer, as we can see here courtesy of Twitter user Jay Jay:

Former England international Gary Lineker was delighted to see brotherhood blossom out of an undesirable situation:

Sports journalist Stefan Bienkowski was encouraged by what he was seeing at the end of a trying day for all:

Dortmund’s chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke paid tribute to the way in which the Dortmund supporters acquitted themselves. "I have to express a huge compliment to our fans, who have dealt with it very well, objectively, reasonably and solidly," he said, per the Guardian.

Bundesliga journalist Alex Chaffer also praised the manner in which the club and the Dortmund police dealt with the situation:

Monaco also sought to do their bit for their visiting fans who needed a place to stay. The club posted on social media that they were willing to subsidise supporters €80 for those who needed to book a hotel for the evening.

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The spectators that were in the stadium early on also showed their class. As the news started to spread that the Dortmund bus had been the victim of an attack and the match was to be rescheduled, the visitors showed their backing for the German side, per Twitter user Sandra Goldschmidt:

As reported by Mark Crellin of Sky Sports, local police authorities have confirmed they are investigating what they described as a "targeted attack" on the Dortmund team bus. 

Per BBC Sport, they also confirmed a letter was found near the scenes of the blast in which responsibility is taken for the incident.