From Munich to Paris: Terror attacks in sports

Following the arrest of an "Islamist" suspect over the Borussia Dortmund team bus explosions, Sky News looks back at other sporting events across the globe that were targeted by terrorists.

5 September 1972Munich

Image:A West German security official guards the quarters of the Israeli Olympic team during the stand-off

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September storms the Olympic Village where the Israeli team is housed.

After a stand-off of several hours and a failed rescue attempt by German forces, 11 athletes and one German police officer are killed.

27 July 1996Atlanta

Image:A memorial after the attack at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta 1996

A pipe bombing rocks the Centennial Olympic Park, the town square at the Olympic Games.

The bag containing the bombs is spotted by a security guard, Richard Jewell, who alerts police and starts clearing the area.

The bag explodes minutes later, killing a woman, while another person dies of a heart attack. Dozens are injured.

The perpetrator is white supremacist Eric Rudolph, who says he wanted to stop the Olympics.

5 April 1997Grand National

Image:The Grand National was delayed in 1997

The Grand National is suspended after two coded bomb warnings are received from the IRA.

The threat - one of many amid the 1997 election campaign - forces the evacuation of some 60,000 people from Aintree, stranding many for hours.

The race is eventually held two days later.

3 March 2009Cricket attack

Image:Victims of an ambush on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in 2009

A bus carrying the Sri Lankan national cricket team - on their way to play Pakistan - is attacked by a dozen gunmen.

Six members of the team are injured; six members of the Pakistani police escorting the bus are killed, along with two civilians.

The attack is believed to have been carried out by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni militant group active in Pakistan.

15 April 2013Boston

Image:The attack targeted the finish line of the 2013 event

Two bombs created with pressure cookers are detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring dozens more.

Two Chechen-American brothers, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, are identified as the terrorists.

As the brothers seek to escape a police manhunt, they kill an MIT officer and exchange fire with police.

Tamerlan is killed; Dzhokhar is captured, tried, convicted and sentenced to death.

13 November 2015Paris

Image:The attack on the Stade de France kicked off a night of horror in Paris

Three suicide bombers blow themselves up outside the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, where France and Germany are playing a friendly.

President Francois Hollande, in the stadium for the match, is escorted to safety.

The attack kicks off a night of terror in the French capital that saw gunmen open fire on restaurants across the city and at the Bataclan nightclub, killing 130 people.

The attack is claimed by Islamic State.