Pablo Mari: 'I was lucky' - Arsenal defender on Italy supermarket stabbing

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Arsenal defender Pablo Mari has said helium was "lucky" arsenic helium prepares to acquisition backmost country aft being stabbed successful a supermarket adjacent Milan.

Local media reported that a 30-year-old cashier died and astatine slightest 5 others were injured aft a antheral started attacking radical successful Assago.

A 46-year-old fishy was detained by constabulary astatine the scene.

"Today I was lucky, due to the fact that I saw a idiosyncratic dice successful beforehand of me," Mari, connected indebtedness astatine Monza, told Italian media.

Newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport said Spanish defender Mari, 29, had been walking astir the supermarket with his woman and lad erstwhile helium was stabbed successful the back.

Italian outlet Corriere della Sera reported that erstwhile Napoli subordinate Massimo Tarantino was among those who immobilised and disarmed the attacker earlier constabulary arrived.

"I'm not a hero. I didn't bash thing special," 51-year-old Tarantino is quoted by the insubstantial arsenic saying.

Mari's injuries are not life-threatening with his cause Arturo Canales telling the BBC connected Thursday that the subordinate was conscious and nary captious organs had been affected.

Mari volition acquisition country connected damaged muscles connected Friday.

"Pablo is an astonishing guy," said Monza president Adriano Galliani, who visited Mari on with the Serie A side's caput manager Raffaele Palladino, told Gazzetta.

"He had the spot to gag and archer maine that helium volition beryllium backmost successful grooming connected Monday. I brought him greetings from [club president Silvio] Berlusconi and everyone else.

"His team-mates wanted to travel present but evidently it was not possible."

Mari joined Arsenal from Brazilian broadside Flamengo successful January 2020 and played 19 times for the Gunners earlier joining Udinese connected indebtedness astatine the commencement of the year.

He was past loaned to recently promoted Monza successful August.

Speaking aft his side's Europa League decision by PSV Eindhoven connected Thursday, Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta said: "I conscionable recovered out. I cognize Edu [Arsenal method director] has been successful interaction with [Mari's] relatives. He's successful infirmary but helium seems to beryllium okay."

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