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Arsenal’s Pablo Mari has given a thumbs up from his hospital bed after undergoing successful surgery following a stabbing frenzy in Milan yesterday.
The defender, on loan to Italian club Monza from the north London side, was one of five injured in the rampage while another person was killed in a Carrefour supermarket at the Milanofiori di Assago shopping mall.
He underwent surgery today to reconstruct two injured muscles in his back and will remain in hospital for up to three days, but will remain on the sidelines for at least two months, his club said.
In an Instagram post today, the footballer said: ‘After the hard moment we experienced yesterday, both my family and I want to communicate that fortunately we are all fine despite the circumstances, and we want to thank all the messages of support and affection that we are receiving.
‘In addition, we want to send our condolences and all our strength to the family and friends of the deceased person, and we sincerely wish that all injured people recover as soon as possible.’
Checkout assistant Luis Fernando Ruggieri, 46, was fatally stabbed while Mari was punched in the face and stabbed in the back.
Mari, 29, told Gazzetta dello Sport: ‘Today I was lucky, because I saw a person die in front of me.’
Retired footballer Massimo Tarantino, who used to play for Inter Milan and Napoli, reportedly helped disarm and detain the attacker until police arrived, telling Corriere della Sera: ‘I’m not a hero, I didn’t do anything special.’
Arsenal’s Pablo Mari has given a thumbs up from his hospital bed after undergoing successful surgery following a stabbing frenzy in Milan yesterday
Arsenal star Pablo Mari (pictured with wife Veronica) has said he is ‘lucky to be alive’ after surviving a stabbing frenzy in a Milan supermarket yesterday
Pablo Mari (right), a defender for Arsenal who is on loan to Monza in Italy, was punched in the face and stabbed in the back during a knife attack in a supermarket on…
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Source : dailymail
