Germany detains suspect with Islamist background in Dortmund attack probe

DUESSELDORF, Germany, April 12 (Reuters) - A man of Islamist background has been detained by German investigators probing blasts in opposition to a bus carrying gamers of Borussia Dortmund soccer membership, the federal public prosecutor's workplace said on Wednesday.

It stated investigators had searched the apartments of two suspects from Germany's Islamist scene and decided to detain certainly one of them.

It did now not say wherein the suspect became detained but brought that a decision might be made on whether or not to are seeking for a judicial arrest warrant against him.

The prosecutor said metal strips had been used in the explosive gadgets activated within the assault, which injured one player and is being treated as having a "terrorist historical past".

"The unique purpose for the attack is unclear at present," the prosecutor's workplace said in a assertion.

(Reporting via Matthias Inverardi; Writing by means of Joseph Nasr; Editing with the aid of Paul Carrel)