Roberto Baggio, an Italian football icon, has spoken out about the ‘violence’ he and his family experienced as armed thieves launched a ‘lighting attack’ on them while they watched the Euro 2024 match between Spain and Italy at home.
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Baggio, 57, was at his home in Altavilla Vicentina, Italy, when the gang of five broke in at 10 p.m. local time yesterday.
While attempting to beat off the attackers, he was shot in the head with a gun before being trapped in a room with his wife, two boys, mother-in-law, and brother.
The robbers stole watches, jewellery, and money from the isolated agricultural estate in which he and his family have lived in for 15 years.
The Ballon d’Or winner, who scored 27 goals in 56 caps for his national team was able to break his family out of the room they were locked in, but not before the robbers got away.
According to Corriere della Sera, the robbery took place over 40 minutes.
Baggio was seen walking around his estate today sporting a bandage on his head following the treatment he suffered at the hands of the robbers
Investigating cops have been handed CCTV footage to assist their inquiry.
Baggio, meanwhile, had to go to a hospital in Arzignano, roughly eight miles from his home, to be treated for his forehead injury, for which he was given stitches.