2023-05-18 21:21:50
Italy
A lunatic forces the entrance to the Vatican by car
An unbalanced forced the entry of the Vatican with his car Thursday evening before being arrested, indicated the press service of the Holy See.
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Shortly after 8:00 p.m., a motorist arrived at one of the entrances to the Vatican, and after being turned back by the Swiss Guards for lack of access authorization, returned “at high speed, forcing the two posts of control”, according to the same source.
A Vatican Gendarmerie inspector fired a shot at the car’s tires but failed to stop him. An alert having been launched, other accesses to the Vatican were closed.
The car finally stopped inside the Vatican City “and the man got out on his own and was subdued by the gendarmerie”, according to the same source. “He was immediately subjected to a medical examination (…) which noted a serious psychophysical alteration” of the driver.
The latter, whose identity has not been specified, is imprisoned in a Vatican cell and is at the disposal of the judicial authorities, the statement concludes.
(AFP)
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