Borussia Dortmund attack: Islamist suspect held

DORTMUND. KAZINFORM German police have detained a suspect with "Islamist links" following a bomb attack on the bus of the Borussia Dortmund football team, Kazinform has learned from BBC .

Prosecutors also said the three explosives used contained metal strips.

Two letters claiming responsibility for the attack were being investigated, they said.

Officials are treating the blasts as a terror attack, a spokeswoman for Germany's federal state prosecutor in Karlsruhe said.

Federal prosecutors, who usually lead terror investigations, have now taken over the probe.

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