 Send your best wishes to Mari by using the comments section below The 78-year-old detailed: 'I've spoken to Pablo. He told me about this incredible incident. He had his son in a trolley and his wife next to him. "He didn't notice anything. He then felt something painful in his back, which was the criminal's knife. 'I imagine he was saved by his height because he was struck on the shoulder. Unfortunately, he also saw the criminal stab someone in the throat. He saw everything that happene){kind=link}
The on-loan Arsenal man has undergone surgery after being involved in a shocking attack in Italy and now faces an extended period restricted to the sidelines as he gets his recovery underway
Arsenal defender Pablo Mari is set to miss out on two months of action having undergone surgery after being stabbed in the back in a shocking attack in Italy.
The Spanish centre-back was one of six victims involved in the attack on Thursday evening as a 46-year-old man is believed to have taken a knife from the shelves of a Carrefour store and began stabbing customers. It has been confirmed that one victim has passed away following the attack, with others airlifted to hospital – including Mari.
His loan club Monza have now confirmed that the 29-year-old has undergone reconstructive surgery on his back injuries and looks likely to be missing until the new year.
An official statement from the Serie A club read: “The specialists of the General Surgery-Trauma Team of the Niguarda Hospital in Milan carried out this morning the surgery to reconstruct the two injured muscles on Pablo MarÃ’s back.