Biker shot on motorway

A biker travelling on a motorway in Warwickshire has been shot in what police are calling an "indiscriminate" attack.

Detectives said a group of three motorbikes and a camper van were returning from the Bulldog Bash at Long Marston, Warwickshire.

The motorcyclists, from Canada and France, were travelling in the inside lane towards Oxford when they realised they were being shot at from a vehicle in the middle lane.

A spokesman for Warwickshire Police said: "The party was about two miles south of Barn Hill Services when they became aware they were being fired at from a dark coloured vehicle.

This was a very serious incident where innocent motorcycle enthusiasts appear to have been fired on indiscriminately

Warwickshire Police spokesman

"A number of bullets are believed to have been fired from what is thought to have been a handgun.

"This was a very serious incident where innocent motorcycle enthusiasts appear to have been fired on indiscriminately."

A 31-year-old man was struck in the right leg and taken to hospital for treatment.

The police spokesman said that details of the hospital were not being released for "operational reasons".

Officers are appealing for anyone who may have seen something to contact them.