Gunmen leave Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi menacing message

Nobody was injured in the early morning attack, and it was unclear why assailants would target Messi or the Unico supermarket in Rosario, owned by the family of his wife, Antonella Roccuzzo.
Bullets holes in the window of the Unico supermarket (Sebastian Lopez Brach/AP)
Bullets holes in the window of the Unico supermarket (Sebastian Lopez Brach/AP)

Gunmen left a threatening message on Thursday for Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi, and opened fire at a supermarket owned by his in-laws in Argentina’s third-largest city, police said.

Nobody was injured in the early morning attack, and it was unclear why assailants would target Messi or the Unico supermarket in Rosario, owned by the family of his wife, Antonella Roccuzzo.

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