Fenerbahce Bus Attacked By Gunmen

Turkish football team Fenerbahce's bus has been attacked tonight - reportedly shot at by an armed gang after leaving a game.

The bus driver has been taken to hospital, according to website Todays Zaman, during the terrifying incident of football-related violence.

Fenerbahce had defeated Çaykur Rizespor 5-1 in the Super Lig earlier in the evening and were on their way to Trabzon for a flight to Turkish capitol Istanbul.

Pictures posted by the team on Twitter show blood on the ground and bullet holes in the bus window.

The club tweeted a claim that: "The bus driver was the target. The psychopaths wanted to kill all of our 40 team members!"

The club's account said that the driver was in a coma but is in a critical but stable condition following the incident. A piece of metal has been found in the bus driver's temporal bone.

Of the 40 people on the bus, players Dirk Kuyt, Egemen Korkmaz, Bruno Alves, and Diego Ribas weren't on board, the club says.

None of the players on board the bus at the time were injured, and were taken to Istanbul later in the evening.

The bus was attacked on a viaduct. The club says that if it wasn't for a team member who stopped the vehicle, it could have crashed.

Uniformed police attended the incident while forensic teams in white outfits have been taking evidence from the bus itself, treating it like a crime scene.

Both Todays Zaman and website 101 Great Goals have alleged fans of the rival team Trabzonspor may have been involved in the attack, though this has yet to be confirmed.

There has been a strong rivalry between the two sides for a number of years.

Source: Mirror