“I was with my baby stroller and I felt excruciating pain in my back. Then that man stabbed another in the throat. Today I was lucky, because I saw a person die in front of me, “said the Spaniard Pablo Marí to the historical general director of Monza, Adriano Galliani, a few hours after being stabbed in a shopping center in Assago, a town near Milan.
As ABC reported this Thursday, around 6:35 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, a 46-year-old man entered this Carrefour in Assago, took a knife from the kitchen utensils stand and began a massive attack. The aggressor seriously injured an establishment worker who, despite being transferred by helicopter, died in hospital. Likewise, a 40-year-old man, a 72-year-old woman, a minor, who went into cardiorespiratory arrest and was revived in the same shopping center, and the Valencian Monza footballer were also severely stabbed. Ultimately, the attacker slightly injured an 81-year-old woman’s hand, but the cut did not require hospitalization.
The former Deportivo, Arsenal or Flamengo player was rushed to the Niguarda hospital in Milan with a deep stab wound to the back. However, a few hours later, Gallianiwho went to the medical center together with the Monza coach Raffaele Palladino, confirmed that he had been with the player and that he was stable and safe. Marí even joked about being available to play in the next Serie A match against Bologna. In addition, as Galliani told the media at the door of the hospital, the president of the club, Silvio Berlusconiphoned the defender on several occasions to inquire about his state of health and send him encouragement.
Despite the fact that the stab wound that Marí received did not affect any vital organ, the Spaniard will be operated this Friday to reduce muscle damage from piercing. The injury is not serious and he will soon be dressed in shorts again at Calcio.
As confirmed by the ‘Gazzetta’, the author of the crime, who had been in treatment for more than a year due to severe depression, was disarmed by Massimo Tarantino, ex-soccer player from Bologna, Inter and Naples, who immobilized the murderer until the arrival of the police. “I did nothing; I am not a hero”, the Sicilian recently commented.
