Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi will stay in hospital at least until Tuesday after having his nose broken by an attacker, doctors say.

A medical bulletin reported in the Italian media said Mr Berlusconi was able to eat, but only with difficulty.

Mr Berlusconi, 73, suffered a broken nose, two broken teeth and a cut lip after being hit with a model of Milan cathedral after a rally in the city.

A 42-year-old man was arrested and has been charged with aggravated assault.

The suspect, Massimo Tartaglia, was said by police to have had a history of mental illness, receiving treatment over a 10-year period.


Mr Berlusconi was reportedly hit by a model of Milan's gothic cathedral
The medical bulletin released at midday on Monday said Mr Berlusconi was taking pain killers and antibiotics.

His nose is to be reset and he has been given stitches, though he will not need surgery.

Mr Berlusconi's doctor, Alberto Zangrillo, has said it could take a few weeks for the prime minister to fully recover.

"I found him shaken, embittered, as if he had been woken from a bad dream really disheartened," he was quoted as saying.

Earlier, Italian news agency Ansa reported that Mr Berlusconi had spent a settled night at the San Raffaele hospital.

His first request upon waking up in the hospital in Milan was to see some newspapers, the agency said.

The Italian leader is believed to have been struck full in the face by the souvenir cathedral while signing autographs.

Dazed

After the attack on Sunday evening the prime minister, looking dazed, was helped to his feet by aides and put in a car.

wow, what a show? sometimes, i want to know what is happening in nigeria. no throwing of shoes or even stick. the only related incident was the throwing of tomatoes at obasanjo in london though without pictures like that of berlusconi.
it is believed that the man in the italian show has a record of mental problem so does it mean there are no mentally challanged people in nigeria or there are nothing to throw or is it that there are no rulers to recieve our objects when they are thrown or are we this gentle?
please if you have answers of pictures of thrown objects, do let us know here.

just a throw

Bloody

barbaric

had the thrower been an immigrant, him eye for see wen

Any which way, the attacker is better than dead.
He chose the wrong target:
A multibillionare, president, mafia links, media tycoon
Berlusconi is not only rich, but powerful and influential, and Italys Judiciary is far from ideal. So the attacker could as well kiss freedom goodbye.

I was very surprising to me for a thing like that to happen to the PM of italy, Dont he have good bodyguards?