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Berlusconi attack 'premeditated' Berlusconi attack 'premeditated'
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An attack on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday was premeditated, Italy's interior minister, Roberto Maroni, has said.An attack on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday was premeditated, Italy's interior minister, Roberto Maroni, has said.
Mr Maroni said the suspect, named as Massimo Tartaglia, had been "developing a rage" against the PM "for some time".Mr Maroni said the suspect, named as Massimo Tartaglia, had been "developing a rage" against the PM "for some time".
Mr Berlusconi, 73, suffered a broken nose, cuts and two broken teeth after being hit with a model of Milan cathedral after a rally in the city.Mr Berlusconi, 73, suffered a broken nose, cuts and two broken teeth after being hit with a model of Milan cathedral after a rally in the city.
He will not leave hospital until at least Wednesday, his doctor has said. He is to leave hospital on Wednesday with orders to rest, his doctor said.
Mr Maroni said the assailant had been in the square in Milan for some hours ahead of the prime minister' arrival. The prime minister's personal physician Alberto Zangrillo told journalists on Tuesday that Mr Berlusconi had been ordered not to carry out "important" public activities for two weeks.
He said the prime minister had spent "a quite night".
Mr Maroni said the assailant had been in the square in Milan for some hours ahead of Mr Berlusconi's arrival.
"He was equipped with pepper spray and also a resin crucifix," he said."He was equipped with pepper spray and also a resin crucifix," he said.
"He had been developing a rage against the prime minister for some time.""He had been developing a rage against the prime minister for some time."
Earlier, lawyers for Mr Tartaglia, who reportedly has a history of mental illness, said he has apologised for his "cowardly and rash act". Earlier, lawyers for Mr Tartaglia, who reportedly has a history of mental illness, said he had apologised for his "cowardly and rash act".