Dortmund bus attack: Seat change may have saved me – Merino

By Adegboyega Adeleye
Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino says a last-minute change of seat on Borussia Dortmund’s team bus may have saved his life when it was attacked with explosives in 2017.
Merino was 20 years old when three bombs, packed with metal pins and concealed in a hedge, exploded as Dortmund travelled to face Monaco in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
A large piece of shrapnel struck the headrest of the seat he usually occupied. But Merino had moved to the front of the bus because his “legs were feeling a bit tight”.
“The seats in the front reclined, so I sat up there instead, and it may have saved my life,” the Spaniard said in an interview with The...