This Thursday, a man forcibly drove a car into Vatican through the door of Santa Ana and even reached the courtyard of San Damaso, inside the apostolic palace, where he stopped and stepped out on his own foot. The subject was detained, according to the press service of the Vatican.

The incident occurred after 8:00 pm (local time) “when a car drove up to the Santa Ana Gate in the Vatican, one of the entrances to the Vatican walls, and after ignoring instructions from the Swiss Guard soldiers that it could not enter without proper permission, temporarily left the entrance and after the maneuver re-entered at high speed, forcing two control gates the Swiss Guard and the Gendarmerie Corps (Vatican Police),” they said in a media report.

Trying to stop the car, “the inspector of the gendarmerie, guarding the door, fired a pistol towards the front wheels of the car. Although he hit the car on the left front fender, the car kept moving.”

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Because the alarm code was quickly broadcast over the radio, the door of the Casa de la Moneda was closed, allowing access to the back of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Gardens, and Piazza Santa Marta. where is the residence of pope francis.

In the meantime, the car pulled up to the Patio di San Damaso and the driver got out under his own power, was stopped and placed under arrest.

The man, aged 40, was immediately examined by doctors from the Vatican State Office for Health and Hygiene, who it was established that he was in a state of serious psychophysical disorder.

Subject is currently held in a detention cell in the new Gendarmerie Headquarters at orders of the judiciarythey added. (EFE)