Charges over attack on Serbian polo team

Croatian police say three people detained over an attack on Serbian water polo team players at a seaside cafe will face hate crime charges.

The incident in the Adriatic port city of Split, which occurred on Saturday before a regional league match between Mornar Split and Red Star Belgrade, further strained relations between Serbia and Croatia, which fought a war in the 1990s.

Red Star goalkeeper Alesandro Kralj says he was forced to jump into the freezing sea to avoid the attackers wielding sticks and a knife and "save myself."

The Serbian team returned to Belgrade without playing the match.

In Belgrade, Kralj showed at a news conference what he says was a knife wound on his leg.