On-loan After being wounded during a deadly knife assault in an Italian supermarket, Arsenal footballer Pablo Mari underwent successful surgery on Friday, according to his Serie A club Monza.
The 29-year-old Spanish defender, who was on loan to Monza from Arsenal this summer, has "everything OK," according to Monza, which they confirmed to AFP.
A treatment was performed on Mari at Milan's Niguarda hospital after he was shot in the back on Thursday while out with his wife and son.
He would spend two to three days in the hospital, according to Monza.
Mari was one of many people who were attacked in a Carrefour supermarket in Assago, northern Italy, which is on the outskirts of Milan. The attacker, who appeared to have psychological issues, killed one guy after seizing a knife from a shelf.
Monza said in a tweet they were “united in grief” with the family of the supermarket’s employee whose life was taken.
Four other people were hurt by a 46-year-old Italian who was arrested by police, reportedly after being disarmed by former Napoli and Inter Milan defender Massimo Taranto.
Ahead of Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat at PSV Eindhoven on Thursday the Premier League team’s coach Mikel Arteta said: “We will be in touch with him, hopefully he is OK.”
Monza chief executive Adriano Galliani said Mari would not return to training for around two months.