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| A man has been arrested near the hospital room where Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is being treated, police said. | |
| A man of 26 was intercepted overnight by security guards at Milan's San Raffaele hospital. | A man of 26 was intercepted overnight by security guards at Milan's San Raffaele hospital. |
| Mr Berlusconi is being treated for facial injuries after being attacked by a man with a souvenir on Sunday. | Mr Berlusconi is being treated for facial injuries after being attacked by a man with a souvenir on Sunday. |
| Doctors were due to examine the prime minister on Wednesday before deciding whether he could leave hospital. | Doctors were due to examine the prime minister on Wednesday before deciding whether he could leave hospital. |
| The man arrested on Wednesday had reached the seventh floor of the hospital, where Mr Berlusconi is being held, but did not gain access to his room, a police spokesman said. | |
| "He was coming out of the lift when bodyguards and police immobilised him immediately," the spokesman said. | |
| The intruder "said he wanted to talk to the prime minister... He did not have an aggressive attitude or any weapon or dangerous object on him". | |
| Trips cancelled | |
| Mr Berlusconi is still reported to be suffering from pain after the attack on Sunday, when a man hurled a model of Milan cathedral into his face from close range. | |
| The prime minister's personal doctor Alberto Zangrillo said he had advised him to "abstain from all activities that would expose him to public situations, to stress." | |
| Mr Berlusconi has called off a trip to the Copenhagen climate summit this week and a Christmas Eve trip to L'Aquila, which was struck by an earthquake earlier this year. | |
| Mr Berlusconi thanked well-wishers on Tuesday, saying: "Thanks to all of the many who sent me messages of support and affection. I say to all of you, stay calm and happy. Love always triumphs over hate and envy." |