Arsenal defender Pablo Mari stabbed in Italy

Arsenal person confirmed that defender Pablo Mari, 29, has been hospitalised successful Italy aft being stabbed connected Thursday, though his injuries are not thought to beryllium serious.

Reports successful Italy said Mari, who is connected indebtedness astatine Monza from Arsenal, was 1 of 5 radical stabbed successful an incidental successful a buying centre successful Milan connected Thursday. One idiosyncratic was reported to person been killed.

In a statement, Arsenal confirmed the incidental but said Mari's injuries were not thought to beryllium life-threatening.

"We are each shocked to perceive the dreadful quality astir the stabbing successful Italy, which has enactment a fig of radical successful infirmary including our on-loan centre-back Pablo Mari," the statement read.

"We person been successful interaction with Pablo's cause who has told america he's successful infirmary and is not earnestly hurt.

"Our thoughts are with Pablo and the different victims of this dreadful incident."

Speaking soon aft Arsenal's 2-0 decision to PSV Eindhoven successful the Netherlands connected Thursday, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was asked astir Mari's condition.

"I conscionable recovered retired -- I cognize [Arsenal method director] Edu's been successful interaction with his relatives," helium said.

"He's successful infirmary and seems to beryllium OK, but I'll person a briefing present astir the concern and what happened. We'll beryllium successful interaction with him, and hopefully he's OK."

Monza main enforcement Adriano Galliani shared further details astir the incident.

"Pablo Mari had a reasonably heavy coiled connected his back, which fortunately did not interaction captious organs specified arsenic the lungs oregon other," Sky Italy quoted him arsenic saying. "His beingness is not successful danger; helium should retrieve quickly."

Mari joined the Serie A broadside connected indebtedness from Arsenal successful the offseason. He joined the Premier League nine successful 2020 from Flamengo.

Police arrested a 46-year-old Italian antheral suspected successful the onslaught astatine a buying halfway successful Assago, a suburb of Milan, carabinieri said.

A supermarket worker died en way to the hospital, according to the ANSA quality agency, which said 3 different victims were successful superior condition.

The motive for the attacks was unknown, but constabulary said the antheral showed signs of being psychologically unstable. There were nary elements to suggest terrorism.

Witnesses told ANSA they saw radical fleeing the supermarket successful shock, and arsenic the gravity of the concern became clear, store workers pulled down the store's shutters.

The Carrefour supermarket concatenation said that constabulary and ambulance crews responded instantly to calls alerting them astir the attack. The concatenation expressed its sympathies to employees and clients affected by the onslaught and said it was offering them intelligence support.

Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.