Three explosions hit the Borussia Dortmund team bus ahead of their Champions League quarter-final with Monaco. 

The team's Twitter confirmed the incident took place at the team's hotel, L'Arrivee, a 12-minute drive from the stadium - Signal Iduna Park. 

Defender Marc Bartra was injured in the explosion and was taken to hospital, the team said on Twitter, wishing the player a quick recovery. 

Tuesday night's match was cancelled following the explosion and has been rescheduled for Wednesday.

Police confirmed that there was no immediate danger to anyone in and around their stadium.

Windows were smashed and Bartra, a Spanish national, was the only player to be taken to hospital.

It is believed that Bartra only suffered cuts too his hands from the shattered glass.

'Shortly after the departure of the Borussia Dortmund team bus from the hotel to the stadium there was an incident,' Dortmund said in a statement. 'The bus has been damaged in two places

'One person has been injured and is in the hospital. At this point we will inform as soon as we know more.'

An announcement was made inside the stadium with a message put on the big screen informing supporters of the incident. 

Dortmund tweeted to fans asking them to remain calm.

A statement from Dortmund police said: 'In the run-up to the Champions League match of the BVB against the AS Monaco, there was an explosion near the BVB team teambus shortly after 7 pm.

'The event location is Wittbrauckerstrasse / Schirrmannweg in Dortmund-Hochsten.

'According to current knowledge the disks of the bus (whole or partial) were broken and one person was injured.

'It is not yet possible to say exactly what the explosion was or exactly where something exploded.'

Monaco fans already inside the ground at Signal Iduna Park responded to the news by starting up chants of 'Dortmund, Dortmund,' which were warmly received by the home support.  

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