The Mossos d’Esquadra are investigating an attack with a knife on Mounir Nasraoui, father of FC Barcelona player Lamine Yamal, which occurred last night on a street in the Rocafonda neighbourhood of Mataró. Nasraoui is in a stable but serious condition but his life is not in danger, according to sources in the investigation. Nasraoui received two stab wounds to the abdomen and, despite the severity of his injuries, he is recovering well and is expected to be transferred to the ward on Thursday.
According to witnesses, Nasraoui was possibly involved in a fight with other people. Sources of the investigation They speak of a first incident in the Rocafonda neighbourhood in the afternoon in which Mounir Nasraoui is believed to have been involved. He clashed with several neighbours after they insulted him and threw some liquid at him.
The local police in Mataró had to separate him from other people when he asked them for explanations after an argument in the street. Hours later, At around 9:10 p.m., several people attacked Yamal’s father, who suffered several stab wounds to his torso and arms. He was therefore rushed to hospital, but is now in stable condition.
According to the Catalan police “Three people have been arrested in connection with these events for attempted murder”The investigation is still ongoing and the involvement of other suspects is not ruled out.
It is still unknown what motivated the attack, but it is not the first time that the father of the Barça player has been involved in some kind of incident. His character has brought him into trouble on more than one occasion. “Mounir Nasraoui, he worked several temporary jobs, going to and from Morocco. He also got into some trouble. He gets nervous easily.”explain some residents of Rocafonda, comparing it with the calm demeanor of Abdel, his brother and uncle of Lamine Yamal, who runs a bakery in Rocafonda”wrote the ARA newspaper in a report about the family of the young Blaugrana talent.
One of the most memorable incidents is the attack with eggs and kicks on a Vox letter.
This is my country!
In June 2023, the Court of Instruction number 3 of Mataró sentenced Mounir Nasroui, father of FC Barcelona player Lamine Yamal, to pay a fine of 546 euros for the minor crimes of abuse and damage. The sentence, to which this media has had access, indicates that the convicted man attacked a Vox tent in Mataró during the electoral campaign, assaulting several occupants, among whom was the Vox candidate for mayor of that city, Mónica Lora.
The ruling states that on the morning of May 16, 2023, the convicted man was on Avenida Perú in Mataró and “when he noticed that there was a tent of the Vox political party, he began to approach and insult the members of this party present there.” In addition, it states that later “he got together with other individuals and from afar they insulted and threw eggs” at the members of this party.
Lamine’s father apologized at the trial but said he had his reasons. “I apologize, but I am a human being,” he told the judge. “That day my son was travelling with the Spanish national team to Hungary to represent this country and these people stood next to a public school where there are all kinds of races”he declared.
“We have to move forward, help each other, love each other, not separate ourselves. My mother has paid contributions here for 50 years and my grandfather was a soldier here. They have no right to tell me ‘Go back to your country’, because my country is this one, Spain.” he sentenced.
And that love for Spain that led his son to opt for Rojas has also been a source of controversy in the working-class neighborhood of Rocafonda where many immigrants live.
Serious threats for being “a traitor to his land”
His father is Mounir Nasraoui, from Morocco, and his mother Sheila Ebana, from Equatorial Guinea, but Yamal has always opted to defend the Spanish shirt despite having the possibility of doing so for the countries from which his parents are from. And that is something that his Moroccan fans do not forgive, to the point of having received threats and hate attacks.
In fact, the fact that Lamine plays for La Roja has brought him some problems, as confessed by a local innkeeper who is a friend of the family, who denounced the racism that the Yamal circle had suffered. “Yes, here in the neighborhood, yes. Remember that there are many immigrants here and good and bad people.”
«I have not experienced it so closely because I was always working in the bar, but “Especially when he decided to play for Spain instead of Morocco, he received a lot of hate messages from the Moroccan people. It’s funny. They saw it as a betrayal of their country.”reveals, emphasizing that the footballer’s father has been involved in some unfortunate episodes.
At the moment, the investigation is still open and The Mossos are looking for a fourth individual who could be involved in the attack.