The attack on Silvio Berlusconi in Milan

The attack on Silvio Berlusconi in Milan doctors discovered that the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was attacked on a Sunday, broken nose, damaged teeth and two seriously injured his lips, told reporters one of the closest associates of the prime minister, deputy minister of his office Paolo Bonaiuti.

According to him, to address personal physician (Alberto Zangrillo, head of the government to hold this night under the supervision of doctors.

In turn, doctors in Milan Hospital San Raffaele, where the prime minister was taken immediately after the attack, told journalists that Berlusconi was hit by some object on the face, resulting in internal and external cuts, which caused the loss of blood . Moreover, Berlusconi damaged two teeth, one of which was fractured.

According to doctors, the head of government for a moment lost consciousness. He did CT scans of the skull, as well as other necessary tests. Based on information received from the hospital, a serious risk to health premiere there.

According Dzangrillo, Berlusconi will be in hospital for at least 48 hours.

When Berlusconi on a stretcher, transferred from the emergency department in one of the chambers of the San Raffaele, “he told the audience that” feels good “. He also reported on the phone to one of the leaders of their TV “empire” Emilio Fede (Emilio Fede), that he kept God, because if the blow fell just above, he could lose the eye.

The man who committed the attack on Berlusconi after his speech at a rally of the ruling party “The People of Freedom” in Milan, was immediately detained by police on the spot emergency. They found 42-year-old Massimo Tartaglia (Massimo Tartaglia), who for several years undergoing treatment for mental problems. According to police, he never had a problem with law enforcement authorities.

According to witnesses, Tartaglia from a distance of about two to three meters in Berlusconi launched a heavy souvenir picture of the Duomo. During the attack, and immediately afterwards he hardly uttered a word. Currently, he is being questioned at police headquarters in Milan.

For Berlusconi once it was already committed a similar attack. December 31, 2004 in the center of Rome 28-year-old bricklayer, Roberto Dal Bosco (Roberto Dal Bosco) started in Berlusconi tripod on the camera when he was walking along the famous Piazza Navona (Navona). Then Prime escaped only a small scratch.

During the interrogation, the attacker has shown that launched a camera tripod in Berlusconi’s “accidentally”. According to him, he only wanted to “hook” the prime minister, but the tripod escaped from his hands. In addition, he admitted that he thus wanted to show off in front of girls, with whom arrived in the capital. According to eyewitnesses, at the time of the incident unfortunate bricklayer was obviously drunk.

Journalists Dal Bosco said that he had committed one of the biggest follies in his life and did not want to hurt the prime minister.

Then Berlusconi had decided not to sue the assailant. Premier rang Dal Bosco after receiving a letter of apology and informed him of this decision.

Nevertheless, this story has caused a violent reaction of some politicians of the ruling coalition, which claimed that the opposition forces fueling hatred of the prime minister.

Some supporters of Mr Berlusconi declared then that will put the issue in Parliament on the introduction of life imprisonment for the attempt on the Prime Minister. At present, Italian Penal Code provides for such punishment only for the attempt on the life of the President of the Republic.