GERMANY: ‘No proof’ detained suspect was behind Dortmund blasts

German federal prosecutors say they had no evidence that the sole suspect in custody for the bomb attack against the Borussia Dortmund football team bus was linked to the crime. Three explosions rocked the team bus minutes after it had set off to a planned home Champions League game against French club Monaco, injuring defender […]

German federal prosecutors say they had no evidence that the sole suspect in custody for the bomb attack against the Borussia Dortmund football team bus was linked to the crime.

Three explosions rocked the team bus minutes after it had set off to a planned home Champions League game against French club Monaco, injuring defender Marc Bartra and one police officer.

The Federal Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement on Thursday there was no evidence that the detained man, identified as Abdul Beset and who arrived in Germany via Turkey at the start of 2016, had taken part in carrying out the attack.

However, they were seeking an arrest warrant to keep the 26-year-old Iraqi national in detention over allegedly having been a “member of the Islamic State group” in Iraq.

The man will appear before a judge who will decide whether to approve the arrest warrant issued by prosecutors, which will allow the man to be held for longer than 24 hours.

“The investigations have so far resulted in no proof that the suspect had taken part in the attack,” the federal prosecutor said in the statement.