Hammer attack and skull fracture.. Exciting details about the incident involving Nancy Pelosi's husband!

Hammer attack and skull fracture..

Exciting details about the incident involving Nancy Pelosi's husband!

The husband of the President of the United States House of Representatives was seriously injured in a hammer attack, where the aggressor came through a back door of their stately home in San Francisco's upscale Pacific Heights neighborhood, shouting: "Where is Nancy?"

At the time

• Speaker Nancy Pelosi was thousands of miles away in Washington, D.C.

• protected by her own security agents

• but her husband, 82-year-old Paul Pelosi

• was alone at home.

By the time police officers arrived

1. after being sent at 2:27 a.m. on Friday
2. they found the attacker
3. and Pelosi's husband battling for control of a hammer.

San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said the aggressor pulled the hammer away and "violently attacked" Pelosi's husband with it in front of officers.

As leaders from across the political

spectrum scrambled to condemn the attack, Paul Pelosi underwent surgery to repair the skull fracture and other injuries.

He remained in hospital in San Francisco on Friday afternoon, according to Nancy Pelosi's office.

Despite police claims that they were still looking into the motivation

• and questioning the aggressor in custody

• the incident increased fears of

• political violence less than two weeks before

• the midterm elections of the United States Congress.

The attack came as threats and violence against political figures in America escalated, especially after the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, which put the Speaker, other lawmakers and the Republican vice president within feet of the rioters who threatened their lives.

Speaker: Pelosi's husband was looking for her

The man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband at the couple's home on Friday morning was already looking for the Democrat leader, the speaker's spokesman said.

Drew Hamill

Paul Pelosi was assaulted at his home earlier this morning by an unidentified group, who used force and threatened to kill him while demanding to see the president, according to a statement that was released. Nancy

Pelosi's office previously announced that Nancy Pelosi's husband had been violently assaulted by the attacker at his home in San Francisco.

• The attacker was being investigated.

• The president's husband underwent surgery due to a skull fracture.

• He also suffers serious injuries to his arms.

Officials on Friday warned of growing extremism in the United States ahead of the midterm elections.

US media reported that the suspect shouted

"Where is Nancy?"

During the attack, suggesting that his motives were political, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said the motive had not yet been determined.

The police explained that the attacker was arrested by its agents at the couple's home while he and Paul Pelosi were engaged in control of a hammer.

She was the US official in Washington at the time.

1. "When the cops arrived at the scene
2. they saw an adult man and Paul
3. Ms. Pelosi's husband," Scott told reporters.

"They saw Mr. a suspect wielding a hammer and Pelosi.

the suspect was able to draw the hammer from Mr. Pelosi and violently assaulted him ".

• Scott noted that the aggressor was 42 years old David Dibaby

• stating that attempted murder would be the charge against him

• assault with a deadly weapon

• burglary and other crimes.

The White House

said President Joe Biden had contacted Pelosi to express support after the "horrific attack" and was praying for her husband.

"The President continues to condemn all acts of violence and demands respect for the family's desire for privacy," White House spokesperson Karen Jean-Pierre said in a statement.

The Wall Street Journal

quoted unnamed security agents as saying that the attacker had broken into a glass door in a slide causing head and body injuries.

One explained to the newspaper that the suspect was expressing far-right attitudes on social media, including conspiracy theories about COVID-19.

Less than two weeks before the half-term election

many U.S. lawmakers warned of renewed violence targeting them.

According to the Capitol Police, the organization in charge of guarding Congressmen, threats against them have increased since 2017, from 3,939 to 9,625 in 2021.

Biden: Attack on Pelosi's "vile" husband was targeting her

and violence is being encouraged by political parties

President Joe Biden called the attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband "sordid."

In statements to journalists

he called for a stand-up to the violence being promoted by political parties.

The speaker said the man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband at the couple's home on Friday morning was already looking for the Democrat leader.

Pelosi's office previously announced that Nancy Pelosi's husband had been violently assaulted by the attacker at his home in San Francisco.

The president's husband underwent surgery due to a skull fracture.

He also suffers serious injuries to his arms.

The White House

said President Joe Biden had contacted Pelosi to express support after the "horrific attack" and was praying for her husband.

"The President continues to condemn all acts of violence and demands respect for the family's desire for privacy," White House spokesperson Karen Jean-Pierre said in a statement.

Less than two weeks before the half-term election, many U.S. lawmakers warned of renewed violence targeting them.

According to the Capitol Police

• the organization in charge of guarding Congressmen

• threats against them have increased since 2017

• from 3,939 to 9,625 in 2021.