German Prosecutors Detain Islamic Extremist After Borussia Dortmund Bus Attack

Police have reportedly detained one man and are on the hunt for another in connection to the attacks on the Borussia Dortmund team bus on Tuesday night.

Rob Harris of the Associated Press relayed the news that the pair, described by police as Islamic extremists, are the focus of the investigation:

Dortmund's vehicle was the target of three explosions ahead of their UEFA Champions League game against AS Monaco, which was subsequently postponed until Wednesday. The blasts left defender Marc Bartra in hospital with a fractured wrist, per BBC Sport.

As relayed by Harris, spokeswoman for federal prosecutors Frauke Koehler said the pair of suspects are of an "Islamist spectrum." Both are said to have had their properties searched, with one taken into custody.

More details about the attack have emerged, with Matthias Marburg of Bild reporting the consequences could have been much worse:

A letter claiming responsibility for the attack was found near the sight of the explosions, according to police. Koehler stated the note demanded "the withdrawal of German Tornado reconnaissance jets from Turkey and the closure of the United States' Ramstein Air Base in Germany," per Harris.

According to the BBC, the federal prosecutors have taken over the investigation due to it potentially being an act of terrorism.

The attacks have been condemned by chancellor Angela Merkel as a "revolting act" while UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said the bombings had "deeply disturbed" him, per BBC.

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The match between Dortmund and Monaco at the Signal Iduna Park will go ahead on Wednesday at 5:45 p.m. BST.

BVB's chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke said "this is perhaps the most difficult situation that we have faced in the past decades" and was adamant they "show society that we do not bend before terror," per BBC.