Four people have been arrested after a knife attack on the father of young Spanish football star Lamine Yamal in Catalonia.
The attack took place at 1910 GMT on Wednesday in a car park in the Catalan town of Mataro, around 30 kilometres from Barcelona, in the Rocafonda neighbourhood where Lamine Yamal is from, said a spokesman for the Mossos d’Esquadra, the Catalan regional police force.
Yamal’s father Mounir Nasraoui was stabbed several times the police said, and is being treated at the Can Ruti hospital.
A source close to the family told AFP that Nasraoui is now “out of danger” and “remains under observation” but in a “stable” condition.
Asked about the events and the victim’s possible release date from the hospital, the source did not wish to say more.
Three people were arrested Wednesday night and were being questioned at Mataro police station, while a fourth was taken into custody at 0900 GMT Thursday morning.
Investigators must also interview the victim “as soon as possible”, as well as witnesses, to uncover the circumstances of the attack, said the police.
