Man who rammed car through Vatican gate sent to psych ward

The person who drove by way of a Vatican City gate and stored going even after guards fired at his automotive was taken Friday to a close-by hospital for psychiatric care after a preliminary interrogation, the Vatican mentioned.

The person, who has not been recognized by the Holy See, was taken to the Santo Spirito in Sassia psychiatric ward after spending the evening within the Vatican police barracks.

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In line with the Holy See, the person rushed the Santa Anna gate someday after 8 p.m. Thursday, after the Swiss Guards initially refused him entry. He stored accelerating after Vatican gendarmes at an inside checkpoint fired at his tires, and in the end stopped inside one of many courtyards of the Apostolic Palace. There, Vatican gendarmes arrested him, the Holy See assertion mentioned, including that on the time he appeared in an agitated psychological state.

A Swiss Guard officer patrols the Vatican on Thursday evening, shortly after a person with obvious psychological well being points sped by way of one of many Holy See’s entrance gates. (AP Photograph/Andrew Medichini)

In an replace Friday, the Vatican mentioned the person, who was believed to be in his 40s, was interrogated by a Vatican Justice of the Peace within the presence of a lawyer. Given his situation, “he was taken to the psychiatric ward … for compulsory remedy,” the assertion mentioned.

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There was no phrase about his final vacation spot or motive, however the gendarmes closed the primary inner gate resulting in the piazza in entrance of the lodge the place Pope Francis lives. The pope was believed to have been within the Santa Marta lodge on the time.

The incident was a uncommon incursion into the town state, a lot of which is off limits to most people, particularly at evening.

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Whereas guests can entry St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican Museums throughout enterprise hours, and other people with docs’ prescriptions can go to the Vatican pharmacy, permission is required to get into different buildings within the enclave.