- Mounir Nasraoui – the father of Lamine Yamal – was stabbed on Wednesday
- The dad has been rushed to hospital and is reportedly in a serious condition
The father of Spain Euro 2024 star Lamine Yamal was spotted ‘arguing with neighbours’ mere hours before he was stabbed in a car park.
The row between Yamal’s father and his neighbours is alleged to have flared up after they ‘threw water at him from a balcony’.
Mounir Nasraoui is understood to have been attacked in a car park was in Matora Spain, yesterday evening hours later.
Following the attack, he was rushed to Can Ruti hospital in Badalona and is said to to be in a ‘serious condition’, according to reports.
Spanish outlets Relevo and Mundo Deportivo have since reported that while Nasraoui remains in hospital he is ‘out of danger’.
Footage has emerged of the footballer’s father arguing with locals at around 3.45pm on Wednesday before being escorted away by police before the brutal attack.
The father (right) of Spain Euro 2024 star Lamine Yamal has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed
Footage has emerged of Nasraoui (yellow Barcelona shirt) being led awaypolice after an alleged confrontation with neighbours
The row between Yamal’s father and the locals allegedly flared up after they ‘threw water at him from a balcony, only hours before he was stabbed
Previous footage has also emerged of Nasraoui (yellow Barcelona shirt) being led away by a member of the community before the police arrived
Before police arrived to escort him away, another video shows Nasraoui being led away by an individual after what appears to be an argument.
According to La Vanguardia, local residents claimed Nasraoui got into an argument with some individuals while walking his dog.
They say the dispute eventually sparked a fight where Nasraoui was stabbed multiple times.
Three people have been arrested by Spanish police and accused of attempted murder, El Mundo reports.
The investigation is ongoing following the incident that took place at around 9.10pm local time.
Witnesses who watched the stabbing unfold have reportedly been approached by local police as authorities rally to unearth crucial information about the attack.
Video footage has emerged of the apparent earlier confrontation between Nasraoui and other members of the community before Yamal’s father was led away by police.
Nasraoui has been his son’s biggest supporters over the years and was present as 17-year-old Yamal secured the European Championship title with Spain where they beat England in the final.
Yamal was Spain’s star of the tournament, with his father previously declaring that the rising superstar could ‘be greater than [Lionel] Messi.’
Pictured police attending the scene after Mr Nasraoui was stabbed following the dispute
The father has been rushed to the Can Ruti hospital in Badalona after being stabbed
Nasraoui has been his son’s biggest supporters over the years and was present as 17-year-old Yamal secured the European Championship title with Spain
35-year-old Nasraoui (right) still lives in the Mataro region of Catalonia where the attack happened
Nasraoui lives in the Rocafonda neighbourhood of Mataro where Yamal was raised and still honours the area with his ‘304’ celebration that see’s him reference the area’s postcode.
The 35-year-old dad hails from Morocco, but moved to Spain as a nine-year-old where he later met Yamal’s mother Sheila Ebana, with the pair later giving birth to their football prodigy son in 2007.
He had aspirations to become a footballer in Spain’s professional ranks, but was unable to make the grade and subsequently moved into employment where he took up several jobs to make ends meet.
Nasraoui – who is two-years younger than Yamal’s Spain team-mate Jesus Navas – followed his son around Germany as Spain starred to become Euro 2024 champions.