Soccer player who was wounded in a knife attack at an Italian shopping center calls himself “lucky” to survive as he is being treated following injuries to his back and mouth.
Emergency personnel wheel an injured person at the scene of an attack in Milan, Italy, Thursday Oct. 27, 2022. A man armed with a knife stabbed five people inside a shopping center south of Milan on Thursday. Being in top physical form helped Spanish soccer player Pablo Marí avoid life-threatening injuries in a knife attack at an Italian shopping center, the surgeon who operated on his wounded back said Friday.
The club added that Marí will likely need two months of rest before resuming physical activity, while Monza CEO Adriano Galliani said it would likely be three months before Marí played again. Police arrested a 46-year-old Italian man suspected in the attack at a shopping center in Assago, a suburb of Milan, carabinieri said.
Massimo Tarantino, a former soccer player for Napoli and Inter Milan, was involved in stopping the assailant.Galliani said Marí also had injuries to his mouth, possibly from gritting his teeth during the attack. “Pablo is a great kid,” Galliani said. “He had the strength to joke around, telling me that Monday he’ll be on the field. I brought him well wishes from president Berlusconi and all of his teammates.”