Multiple people stabbed, including Arsenal soccer player, in Italy, one killed

Milan: A man armed with a knife has stabbed five people inside a shopping centre south of the Italian city of Milan, killing one person, Italian media reported.

On Thursday (Italy time), police arrested a 46-year-old Italian man suspected in the attack, the news agency LaPresse reported.

Arsenal’s Pablo Mari in April 2021. The soccer player was wounded in the supermarket attack.Credit:AP

A supermarket employee died en route to the hospital, according to the ANSA news agency. The wounded included a Spanish soccer player, Pablo Mari, who is on loan to the Serie A club Monza from Arsenal, Lapresse reported.

The motive for the attacks was unknown. Italian authorities said there were no elements to suggest terrorism, LaPresse reported.

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