"Football Fans" from Poland Injured and Robbed Car Occupants in Austria

Several "football fans" from Poland stopped a car with Croatian occupants at a motorway service area near Graz on Thursday evening on their way home, injured them, and robbed them. The perpetrators then fled in several cars on the A2 towards Vienna. They were stopped and arrested by several police patrols near Arnwiesen in Eastern Styria. 20 people were taken to the police detention center in Graz, according to the state police department on Friday.

Car Damaged with Baseball Bats

According to the police, the apparently radical supporters of a Polish football club forced a Croatian car, which happened to be traveling in the same direction, to stop on the A9 towards Graz at around 11:00 PM - after a football match in Slovenia. They then damaged the Croatian car with baseball bats and robbed several thousand euros.

Vehicles Stopped Still in Austria

The injured Croatians alerted the police. The vehicles of the suspects were stopped by several police patrols on the A2 at the Arnwiesen service area and the fans were arrested. The further investigations have been taken over by the State Criminal Police Office of Styria.

(APA/Red)

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