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Police officers after the fact: Suspect overwhelmed by passers-by
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A man armed with a knife stabbed five people and killed one in a shopping center in southern Milan on Thursday.
As the news agencies Ansa and Adnkronos reported on Thursday evening, several victims were taken to hospitals with serious injuries.
According to Ansa, a supermarket employee also died on the way to the hospital.
According to initial findings, investigators ruled out a terrorist background for the 46-year-old suspect, an Italian.
Passers-by overpowered the man after the fact in a supermarket.
He was then arrested by the Carabinieri.
Among the wounded is Spanish footballer Pablo Marí, who is on loan from Arsenal London to Serie A club Monza.
According to Monza CEO Adriano Galliani, Mari is not in mortal danger.
»Pablo Marí had a pretty deep wound on his back.
Fortunately, vital organs such as the lungs or others are not affected.«
sol/dpa