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Three explosions have gone off in Germany, just before a football match was expected to take place.

According to Sky News, Borussia Dortmund football club were making their way to the match when three explosions went off, hitting their team's bus.

It is being reported that football player Marc Barta was been injured as the vehicle's windows were smashed in during the ordeal.

He was apparently hit with shards of glass.

The blast happened just as the bus left the players' hotel in Dortmund (which is 10km away from the stadium), where they were expected to play a match as part of the Champions League tonight.

The game has now been called off until Wednesday.

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Hundreds of people have been injured and trapped after two explosions blasted Brussels Airport.

Witnesses from the airport say that they "felt the shockwaves" which are claimed to have centred at the American Airlines check-in desk at 7am, reports the Daily Mail.

Pictures from this morning show the terminal windows smashed from the force of the explosions and debris falling everywhere.

The Belgian capital was on a state of high alert this week following the arrest of Paris terror attack suspect Salah Abdeslam in the city last week. 
 

UPDATE: 

At least 11 people have lost their lives from the explosions and up to 25 have been injured.

The explosions cut-off a terminal in which people were unable to escape. It also shattered the arrivals hall. 

The Daily Mail has confirmed that the explosions in Brussels airport we're let off by suicide bombers.

A SECOND attack has hit the Metro station near EU Headquarters

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