On Thursday, Arsenal confirmed that defender Pablo Mari is in the hospital after he was one of several people stabbed in Italy. However, the club said in a statement that he “is not seriously hurt.”
“We are all shocked to hear the dreadful news about the stabbing in Italy, which has put a number of people in hospital including our on-loan centre-back Pablo Mari,” the statement read. “We have been in contact with Pablo’s agent who has told us he’s in hospital and is not seriously hurt. Our thoughts are with Pablo and the other victims of this dreadful incident.”
He is one of a handful of people who were attacked in the supermarket in the Milanofiori in Assago, a town in Milan, per The Athletic. A 46-year-old man is reported to have started stabbing customers, including Mari, with two thought to have been seriously injured. Sky Italy reported that six people were attacked, with one who “did not need hospital treatment.”
