Sylvio Berlusconi’s personal doctor said Tuesday that the Italian prime minister is to be kept in hospital for another night as he recovers from the attack in which he was struck by a model of Milan’s cathedral.

The 73-year-old, who suffered a broken nose and two broken teeth in Sunday’s attack, was in pain but his condition was not worrying, a statement released by the San Raffaele hospital said. Berlusconi was unlikely to return to work for 10 days, his personal doctor, Alberto Zangrillo, said.

The “mad actions” of Massimo Tartaglia, 42, who threw the souvenir at Berlusconi during a political rally outside the gothic cathedral, were premeditated, Italy’s interior minister, Roberto Maroni, said. He added that the attacker had been “developing a rage against the prime minister for some time.”

Tartaglia had been in the square from 11 a.m. on Sunday morning and, as well as the plastic model cathedral, obtained from a stall nearby, was carrying pepper spray and a resin crucifix, Maroni also said.

(article and photo source: Guardian)