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Tony Washam had a leg bone broken, Argentine-born Phillip
McHopson his jaw fractured and Lee Roberts suffered rib
injuries, Argentine media reported on Saturday.
"We don't understand how such things can happen, in fact they
didn't kill them by chance but they beat them up badly, they
have bruises everywhere, it could have been fatal," club manager
Andres Pelussi said of the incident on Thursday night.
"Tony Washam needs surgery on his fractured fibula," Pelussi
told the Argentine basketball website Pick and Roll
(www.pickandroll.com.ar).
The fighting started when Roberts went to the aid of his
girlfriend who was being accosted by some men in a bar in the
city of Rafaela, the manager said.
Libertad condemned the "savage beating" of the three players in
a statement, saying the incident "prejudices the rest of the
team."
(Reporting by Rex Gowar; editing by Amlan Chakraborty)
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