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Islamist terrorists came within a hair's breadth of massacring one of Europe’s top football teams when they detonated three bombs close to a team bus, German authorities have revealed.

The three devices which exploded next to Borussia Dortmund’s coach were studded with metal shrapnel and pins, one of which pierced a window and embedded itself in a head rest.

The blast, which injured a player and a policeman, had a radius of more than 100 yards and federal prosecutors said it was lucky the toll was not more severe.

Detectives believe that only the strength of the team coach prevented the bombs causing mass casualties.

It has also been revealed that at least two men linked to Tuesday evening’s bombing were known Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) sympathisers who had previously been on the radar of the German authorities.