Arsenal Footballer Pablo Mari Among Five Stabbed In Italian Supermarket Attack, One Dead

Five people including Spanish footballer Pablo Mari were victims of a stabbing attack in a supermarket near Milan, Italy.

The BBC reported that the incident took place at a supermarket in Assago where Mari suffered a stab wound to the back while he was shopping with his wife and young son.

The attacker killed the 30-year-old cashier after grabbing the weapons from the supermarket shelves, according to local media report.

A 46-year-old suspect was arrested by the police. The victims of the stabbing include the Arsenal centre-back who has been loaned out to Italian first-division league team Monza.

Arsenal Football Club (AFC), which plays in the first division of English league football released a statement on Mari's condition, saying that he is "recovering in the hospital and is not seriously hurt."

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