Women's handball team 'disgusted' after hidden cameras are discovered in locker room

By Nadine Schmidt and George Ramsay, CNN

Updated 1528 GMT (2328 HKT) January 21, 2022

TuS Metzingen pose for a photo following a game against Bietigheim earlier this week.

(CNN)A top women's handball team in Germany says it is sticking together after two hidden cameras were discovered in the players' locker room earlier this week.

According to TuS Metzingen, which competes in the Bundesliga, an individual has since been placed under urgent suspicion and their association with the club has been terminated immediately. A police investigation is ongoing. «This disgusting act — which was also committed by a person we trust directly — is simply shocking and has affected all of us greatly,» said manager Ferenc Rott in a statement released by Metzingen on Thursday.In the statement, the team did not identify the person it suspects, nor their role with the team. «We have discussed this incident intensively with the team and I am very impressed that our players have stuck together so strongly and decided to play the game against Bietigheim [on Wednesday] together,» Rott added.Read More«We will not let something like this bring us down — and the fact that the team wants to play handball again immediately is a very strong signal.»We have received a lot of support from the police, the association and other teams during this difficult time. That helps, of course, and we thank them for that."Following Metzingen's game on Wednesday, which it lost 32-20, the team posted on social media: «We will not let anything, or anyone, get us down. »Women's handball stands together and resolutely fights back against all those who threaten us and our sport. Our cohesion is bigger than any rivalry, every game, every goal!" According to local newspaper