Four individuals have been arrested after a knife assault on the daddy of younger Spanish soccer star Lamine Yamal in Catalonia, native police advised AFP Thursday. The assault occurred at 1910 GMT on Wednesday in a parking lot within the Catalan city of Mataro, round 30 kilometres from Barcelona, within the Rocafonda neighbourhood the place Lamine Yamal is from, stated a spokesman for the Mossos d’Esquadra, the Catalan regional police drive. Yamal’s father Mounir Nasraoui was stabbed a number of instances the police stated, and is being handled on the Can Ruti hospital, who couldn’t be reached by AFP for remark.
“Thanks to everybody on your assist, I’m already doing higher, an enormous hug for everybody,” wrote Nasraoui in a publish on Instagram on Thursday afternoon.
A supply near the household advised AFP that Nasraoui is now “out of hazard” and “stays beneath commentary” however in a “secure” situation.
Asked in regards to the occasions and the sufferer’s potential launch date from hospital, the supply didn’t want to say extra.
Yamal was pictured leaving the hospital in a automotive after visiting his father.
Three individuals had been arrested Wednesday night time and had been being questioned at Mataro police station, whereas a fourth was taken into custody at 0900 GMT Thursday morning.
Investigators should additionally interview the sufferer “as quickly as potential”, in addition to witnesses, to uncover the circumstances of the assault, stated the police.
Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia stated the incident occurred after an argument on the street with some males who had approached him whereas he was strolling his canine and later returned to assault him.
Yamal made his Barcelona debut aged 15 in April 2023 and burst into the limelight final season, turning into a key participant for the Catalan giants.
The winger, now 17, performed a key function for his nation as Spain triumphed at Euro 2024 for a document fourth time, turning into the youngest ever footballer to play and rating within the competitors’s historical past.
Yamal’s father and grandmother nonetheless stay in Rocafonda and he tends to have a good time targets by making a ‘304’ gesture along with his palms, referring to the postcode of his neighbourhood.
Nasraoui turned well-known through the European Championship for his social media presence and media appearances, regularly posting content material exhibiting his assist for his son.
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