WARSAW, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Masked Polish soccer hooligans armed with batons attacked two coachloads of Spanish fans on the motorway in ‍the middle of the night, police said on Thursday, ahead of a Europa Conference League match between Jagiellonia Bialystok and Rayo Vallecano.

Police said that two cars had pulled up in front of the ‌coaches carrying the Spanish fans forcing ‌them to stop on the S8 motorway near the village of Prosienica in east-central Poland.

Several dozen people then emerged from a nearby forest and attacked the Spaniards. Police said that a fence at the side of the motorway had been ‍cut through.

“At the scene, paramedics from an ambulance provided assistance to the injured, and three people were taken to ‍hospital,” the police said in a post on X.

“A total of seven

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