The 42-year-old man who broke into the Pelosi’s San Francisco home on Friday reportedly used the same slogan as the attackers on Capitol Hill and was looking for Nancy Pelosi. The police are still investigating the motive for the attack.
11:12•Updated 11:26
In the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi spouse Paul Pelosi recovering from surgery after an attack on him.
Paul Pelosi suffered injuries to his skull and hands when a man who broke into the couple’s home on Friday injured Pelosi with a hammer.
According to the doctors, Pelosi is recovering well from the surgery.
The motive for the attack is still being investigated
The motive for the attack is being investigated. San Francisco police of William Scott according to the police, when they arrived at the Pelosi’s apartment, they saw the intruder and both of them holding a hammer. The suspect then jerked the hammer at himself and hit Paul Pelosi with it.
The police arrested the man immediately, and he too was taken to the hospital.
The attacker was also still in the hospital on Saturday. According to the police, on Tuesday he will be charged with, among other things, attempted murder and burglary.
The public broadcasting company BBC says that the blog and social media maintained by the intruder have been full of material referring to conspiracy theories, among other things. He has also shared claims that the result of the previous US presidential election was fraudulent.
Biden: The attack was cheap
Although the attacker’s motive is unknown, leading US politicians have expressed concern over reports that the 42-year-old intruder was looking for Nancy Pelosi.
President Joe Biden pointed to information that the man would have used the same slogan as the group that attacked the United States Congress in January 2021 after the presidential election. The crowd shouted, “Where’s Nancy?”
– This is shameful. There is too much violence in the United States, too much political violence, Biden said.
Nancy Pelosi is the third highest-ranking politician in the United States, after the president and vice president. According to the police, Nancy Pelosi was in Washington at the time of the attack.
Updated on 29.10 at 11:24 with information from the BBC about the attacker’s social media activities.
Sources: Reuters, STT