Lionel Messi has been threatened by Shooter who opened fire at a family-owned supermarket in his hometown of Rosario in Argentina.
Two men on a motorcycle fired shots but nobody was injured during the attack on the supermarket – owned by the family of Messi’s wife – Antonella Roccuzzo.
Messi was not present during the incident but the Shooter left a message which read: ‘Messi, we’re waiting for you.‘[Rosario mayor Pablo] Javkin is also a drug trafficker, so he won’t take care of you.
Football superstar Messi, who led Argentina to glory at the World Cup in Qatar in December, often visits Rosario and owns a home in the suburb of Funes.
There has been a supposed surge in drug-related violence in Rosario, which is located about 190 miles northwest of capital city Buenos Aires and local police are investigating the incident.
Lionel Messi is currently renegotiating a contract with Paris Saint-Germain that ends this year amid speculation that the soccer superstar could decide to end his career playing for one of the local Rosario clubs, Newell’s.
Messi, who this week won FIFA’s best men’s player award, could travel to Argentina later this month to join the national squad in playing two friendly matches. One takes place March 23 against Panama in Buenos Aires, while the other one will be five days later against Curacao in the northern city of Santiago del Estero.
The federal government’s Security Minister Aníbal Fernández said drug-related violence was not a recent phenomenon in the city, and that Thursday’s attack was typical of what has happened there “for the last 20 years.He said the incident was an example of how drug traffickers “have won” in Rosario, but now “we have to reverse that.”
Celia Arena, justice minister for Santa Fe province, where Rosario is located, said the attack amounted to “terrorism” by a “mafia » group meant to intimidate the broader population.“The aim is to deliberately cause terror in the population and discourage those of us who are fighting against criminal violence, knowing that it will be an event of global significance,” Arena wrote in a social media post.
ARGENTINE Captain Lionel messi, is yet to comment on the incident.Considered by many to the greatest soccer player of all time, Messi is revered in Argentina, especially since he led the national team to the country’s first World Cup victory in 36 years in Qatar in December.
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