Arsenal cult hero Nicklas Bendtner witnesses friend being stabbed in New York

Former Arsenal and Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner was caught up successful an horrific incidental successful New York, which saw a person of his stabbed.

The 36-year-old, who is retired from football, was successful New York with friends past week erstwhile the shocking onslaught occurred.

The incidental was caught connected CCTV, with video showing the Dane and his companions walking successful Manhattan’s Upper West Side erstwhile a knife-wielding antheral approaches.

After the onslaught the antheral is past seen moving distant from the scene.

One antheral was stabbed, a 55-year-old, who was taken to infirmary with look and receptor injuries.

Bendtner has confirmed that it was him successful the CCTV footage, telling Ekstra Bladet: ‘Yes, I tin corroborate that it is maine successful the video.

‘Could it person been maine who was attacked? I person nary remark astir that.

‘But I tin corroborate that it’s maine connected the video – it’s hard to tally distant from. The victim, a erstwhile nonrecreational shot player, was walking with friends.’

The attacker has been arrested and charged with attempted execution and assault.

He has been named arsenic 25-year-old Joshua Zinberg, with his parent reportedly identifying him aft seeing him connected tv coverage.

Eric Adams, the Mayor of New York, suggested the closure of intelligence wellness facilities successful the metropolis is portion of the problem.

‘We locomotion past radical each time that we cognize they bash not person the quality to marque the close determination to instrumentality attraction of themselves,’ helium said.

‘This is simply a occupation that was created erstwhile we closed the psychiatric facilities galore years ago.

‘We closed them without giving radical the enactment that they deserve.’

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