Tension erupted among soccer fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv earlier on Thursday in Syntagma Square in downtown Athens with the Israeli team’s fans allegedly assaulting a man of Arab descent who was exiting the metro station.
The Israeli club’s supporters had gathered at Syntagma a few hours before their match against the Greek team Olympiakos in the Europa Conference League.
According to initial reports, the victim of the attack sustained minor injuries, sparking a commotion at the scene.
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