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The husband of Nancy Pelosi, leader of the Democrats in the American Congress, was assaulted on the night of Thursday 27 to Friday 28 October. The man, armed with a hammer, was looking for Nancy Pelosi and entered the couple’s home in San Francisco.
A man broke into the Pelosi home in San Francisco (United States) on the night of Thursday October 27 to Friday October 28. He was looking for Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, but only her husband, Paul, was there. “The suspect violently assaulted Mr. Pelosi with a hammer. Our officers directly tackled the suspect, disarmed him and took him into custody.”, relates William Scott, chief of police of San Francisco.
Traveling to Washington (United States), the politician returned to San Francisco where her 82-year-old husband underwent successful surgery to treat his fractured skull. The entire political class denounced this attack. Joe Biden, President of the United States, spoke of an act of violence. The suspect’s motives are under investigation. He had relayed conspiratorial theories and hateful rhetoric against the Covid-19 on social networks.
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