<p>Spanish footballer <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/arsenal-footballer-pablo-mari-one-among-four-inured-in-knife-attack-near-milan-1157292.html" target="_blank">Pablo Mari </a>is to undergo surgery Friday for injuries sustained during a deadly knife attack in an Italian supermarket, Serie A club Monza said.</p>.<p>The 29-year-old defender, on loan from Arsenal this summer, was hospitalised Thursday night after being wounded in the back but was conscious and able to speak.</p>.<p>He will be operated on later Friday, AC Monza told <em>AFP</em>, confirming press reports.</p>.<p>Mari was shopping with his wife and son in a Carrefour supermarket in Assago, on the outskirts of Milan in northern Italy, when a man apparently suffering from psychological problems grabbed a knife from a shelf and began attacking people.</p>.<p>One of the supermarket's employees was killed and four other people were hurt. Police arrested the alleged attacker, a 46-year-old Italian.</p>.<p>In a tweet, Arsenal said its thoughts were with Mari and the other victims, adding: "We have been in contact with Pablo's agent who has told us he's in hospital and is not seriously hurt".</p>.<p>Monza chief executive Adriano Galliani, in a message tweeted by the club, said: "Dear Pablo, we are all close to you and your family, we wish you well, keep fighting as you know how to do, you are a warrior and you will get well soon."</p>
<p>Spanish footballer <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/football/arsenal-footballer-pablo-mari-one-among-four-inured-in-knife-attack-near-milan-1157292.html" target="_blank">Pablo Mari </a>is to undergo surgery Friday for injuries sustained during a deadly knife attack in an Italian supermarket, Serie A club Monza said.</p>.<p>The 29-year-old defender, on loan from Arsenal this summer, was hospitalised Thursday night after being wounded in the back but was conscious and able to speak.</p>.<p>He will be operated on later Friday, AC Monza told <em>AFP</em>, confirming press reports.</p>.<p>Mari was shopping with his wife and son in a Carrefour supermarket in Assago, on the outskirts of Milan in northern Italy, when a man apparently suffering from psychological problems grabbed a knife from a shelf and began attacking people.</p>.<p>One of the supermarket's employees was killed and four other people were hurt. Police arrested the alleged attacker, a 46-year-old Italian.</p>.<p>In a tweet, Arsenal said its thoughts were with Mari and the other victims, adding: "We have been in contact with Pablo's agent who has told us he's in hospital and is not seriously hurt".</p>.<p>Monza chief executive Adriano Galliani, in a message tweeted by the club, said: "Dear Pablo, we are all close to you and your family, we wish you well, keep fighting as you know how to do, you are a warrior and you will get well soon."</p>