According to authorities, gunmen left a threatening message for Argentine superstar Lionel Messi and opened fire at a shop owned by his in-laws in Argentina’s third-largest city on Thursday.
The early-morning incident left no one hurt, and it was not known why the attackers chose to target Messi or the Unico supermarket in Rosario run by the Roccuzzo family, the family of Messi’s wife, Antonella.
The city´s mayor, Pablo Javkin, lashed out at federal authorities over what he called their failure to curb a surge in drug-related violence in Rosario, located about 190 miles (300 kilometers) northwest of the capital of Buenos Aires.
Police said two men on a motorcycle fired at least a dozen shots into an Unico branch in the early hours, and left a message on a piece of carboard that read, “Messi, we´re waiting for you.
“Javkin is also a drug trafficker, so he won´t take care of you.”
Gunmen left a threatening message for Lionel Messi after attacking a supermarket owned by his wife’s family in Rosario, Argentina, police confirmed on Thursday.
Fourteen shots were reportedly fired. No one was hurt but damage was done to the store.https://t.co/IMDfh3vUrQ
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Messi, captain of the national team that won last year´s World Cup for Argentina for the first time in 36 years, has not commented.
Messi currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain and spends much of his time overseas, though he often visits Rosario where he has a home in the suburb of Funes.
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