The intruder allegedly demanded to see top US Democrat Nancy Pelosi, and left her husband with a fractured skull.
Paul Pelosi, the husband of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is recovering from surgery after being attacked at home by a hammer-wielding intruder.The suspect is said to have demanded to see Mrs Pelosi after breaking in to the San Francisco home.Mrs Pelosi - who was on the other side of the country in Washington DC at the time of the assault - flew back to see her husband in hospital.
In a news conference, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said officers had responded to a call at around 02:27 local time on Friday. The suspect was tackled and disarmed by officers. He had attempted to tie up Mr Pelosi "until Nancy got home", law enforcement sources told CBS News. He reportedly shouted "where's Nancy?" during the incident.
Footage shows a smashed glass door at the Pelosi home in the upmarket neighbourhood of Pacific Heights.A blog, website and social media accounts under the name of the suspect seen by the BBC are filled with anti-Semitic memes, Holocaust denial, references to far-right websites and conspiracy theories such as QAnon.
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