On Thursday, a bomb exploded inside a bus belonging to Brazilian soccer club Esporte Club Bahia.
The news was presented by the club itself through a post on social media.
Esporte Clube Bahia reports that a bomb exploded inside the team bus upon its arrival at Fonte Nova, and the athletes were injured. The most disturbing case is that of goalkeeper Danilo Fernandez, who was hit with shrapnel in the face and has already been taken to the hospital. The group discusses whether there will be a game. pic.twitter.com/qHpRJtmpnf
– Esporte Clube Bahia (ECBahia) February 24 2022
The attack occurred when the team arrived at Fonte Nova Arena, in Salvador, where Bahia will measure its strength with Sampaio Corrêa, in the Northeast Cup match.
Although one of the goalkeepers, who was hit in the face by shrapnel, was taken to the hospital, the Bahia coach guarantees that the team will play (the meeting starts at 00:30 Lisbon time).
according to Globe Sportsin addition to goalkeeper Danilo Fernandez, left side Mateos Bahia also suffered injuries to the arms.
The same source states that the main suspects are a group of supporters of the Sampaio Correa club, which had previously expressed its “solidarity” with the Bahia players, “(…) victims of cowardly aggression”.
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