- Three people have been arrested in the stabbing of the father of Spanish football sensation Lamine Yamal.
- Yamals father, who was stabbed several times in a car park in the Catalan town of Mataro on Wednesday night, was in a serious but stable condition.
- According to Catalan police, a fourth individual is being actively sought.
Three people have been arrested and a fourth is wanted after a knife attack on the father of young Spanish football star Lamine Yamal in Catalonia, local police told AFP on Thursday.
The attack took place at 19:10 GMT (21:10 SA time) 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 dEsquadra, the Catalan regional police force.
Yamals father Mounir Nasraoui was stabbed several times the police said, and is being treated at the Can Ruti hospital, who could not be reached by AFP for comment.
Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia reported late on Wednesday that Nasraoui was in a serious but stable condition, citing sources close to the victim.
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