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Polish officials and media are reporting that an American basketball player with a professional Polish women's club has been badly beaten, s

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An American basketball player with a professional Polish women’s club was beaten and left with a head injury midweek with the attacker later detained, according to officials and reports in Polish media on Sunday.

Mikayla Cowling, who plays for VBW Arka Gdynia, was attacked late Wednesday in a music club in Gdansk, a city in northern Poland, according to the RMF FM broadcaster, which also quoted the club saying the “brutal beating” left her with a fractured eye socket, among other injuries.

Gdansk is a neighboring city to Gdynia on the Baltic coast.

“I am outraged that such a shameful situation has occurred. Violence and aggression are unacceptable and must be opposed,” Gdynia Mayor Wojciech Szczurek said Sunday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Fortunately, the police quickly caught the attacker. We wish the player good health!”

The attack happened after a EuroCup women’s match where the Gdynia team defeated rivals from Switzerland, BCF Elfic Fribourg, 77-47. Cowling, who played her college basketball at Cal, scored 7 points.

The president of the Gdynia club, Boguslaw Witkowski, said in an interview with the Polish state news agency PAP that the player was attacked near the women’s restroom by a security guard.

Cowling, 27, was hit several times on the head, and when she fell, she was also kicked. The most serious injury was to her face and the athlete has a fractured orbital bone, he said. He added that she is at home under observation and will have additional tests next week.

PAP also quoted a police spokesperson who said the attacker, a 48-year-old man, was arrested on Friday.

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After this photo was taken, Mikayla went out to a nightclub to celebrate a victory with her teammates. And then she was targeted and brutally beaten by a male security guard.

Poland is a destination for international professional women's basketball players looking for work. Women have been going overseas to play in Poland for decades without major problems until now.

However, in recent years, Polish society shifted far to the right. And that's relevant when a young black woman is brutally beaten by a Polish security guard.

There are many other countries talented international athletes can play in. Mikayla has also played for teams in France, Greece, Turkey, and New Zealand. These women don't need Poland. If Poland is not a safe place for foreigners and minorities, they simply won't go there anymore. And Polish professional sports teams won't be able to compete in European leagues without international talent.

Mikayla has the support of her team and teammates. But the wider women's basketball world just lost a great deal of trust in Poland.

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