The incident was a rare incursion into the city state, much of which is off limits to the general public, especially at night.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.A Swiss Guard officer and a Vatican gendarme patrol the Santa Anna gate at the Vatican, late Thursday, May 18, 2023. A car driven by someone with apparent psychiatric problems rushed through Santa Anna gate Thursday evening and sped past Swiss Guards into a palace courtyard before the driver was apprehended by police.
Vatican gendarmes fired a shot at the speeding car’s front tires after it rushed the gate, but the vehicle managed to continue on its way, the Vatican press office said in a statement late Thursday.Once the car reached the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace, the driver got out and was immediately arrested by Vatican gendarmes. The Vatican said the driver was about 40 years old and was in a “serious state of psychophysical alteration.” He was being held in the Vatican barracks.
While visitors can access St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican Museums during business hours, and people with doctors’ prescriptions can go to the Vatican pharmacy, permission is required to get into other buildings in the enclave.
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