Shock for Arsenal FC, AC Monza and fans of both clubs: Pablo Mari, Spanish football professional who works for both clubs, was injured in a knife attack in Milan. A man was killed in the violence.
Dramatic news from Milan: In a knife attack on several people, the Spanish football star Pablo Mari was also stabbed in the Milanofiori di Assago shopping center on Thursday. the defender of Serie A club AC Monza was taken to a clinic by helicopter. Mari was therefore conscious and was able to comment later.
A 46-year-old Italian was arrested by the police as a suspected perpetrator, it said. The urgent suspect is said to have injured at least six people with a knife from a supermarket. Four of the injured are in serious condition, a cashier died on the way to the hospital. Mari is said to have been injured in the upper body. Passers-by were able to stop the perpetrator.
Pablo Mari: “Excruciating pain in the back”
Mari is currently on loan to Italy from London Premier League club Arsenal London. Arsenal coach and compatriot Mikel Arteta, 40, said on the sidelines of his team’s Europa League game in Eindhoven on Thursday that there was contact with Mari’s relatives. He is doing well given the circumstances.
Mari later described the bloody deed to the Italian “Gazzetta dello Sport”. “I was lucky, I saw a person die before my eyes,” the newspaper quoted the professional as saying. He was in the shopping center with a baby and a stroller when he felt “a terrible pain in my back”. “After that, I saw this man stab a person in the neck right in front of me,” Mari said, stunned. He himself was not seriously injured. Already on Monday he wants to be back on the pitch.
Source: Stern
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