Nancy Pelosi: We are traumatised by hammer attack

Nancy Pelosi has said she is "heartbroken and traumatised" by the convulsive onslaught connected her husband.

The US House of Representatives talker said her household was "grateful for the speedy effect of instrumentality enforcement" and for his aesculapian care.

Paul Pelosi was struck with a hammer by a antheral assailant astatine the couple's San Francisco location connected Friday.

The 82-year-old's information "continues to improve" aft the attack, Mrs Pelosi said.

He suffered a fractured skull and injuries to his close limb and hands, and remains successful infirmary receiving "life-saving" care, she said.

The suspect, David Depape, 42, is said to person demanded to spot Mrs Pelosi - stoking fears astir governmental unit successful the run-up to the 8 November midterm elections.

The talker - who was connected the different broadside of the state successful Washington DC astatine the clip of the battle - flew backmost to spot her hubby successful hospital.

In her statement, she said prayers and lukewarm wishers were a comfortableness and were helping Mr Pelosi's recovery.

Police officers responded to a telephone astatine astir 02:27 section clip (09:27 GMT) connected Friday.

They recovered Mr Pelosi and the fishy struggling implicit a hammer, but it was wrested from Mr Pelosi by the intruder, who violently assaulted him with it.

The fishy was tackled and disarmed by officers. He had attempted to necktie up Mr Pelosi "until Nancy got home", instrumentality enforcement sources told CBS News. He reportedly shouted "where's Nancy?" during the incident.

He is besides facing charges of battle with a deadly weapon, burglary and respective different felonies.

Mrs Pelosi, besides 82, is 1 of the astir almighty politicians successful the country. She was re-elected to a 4th word arsenic Speaker of the House of Representatives successful 2021, making her 2nd successful enactment to the presidency, aft Vice-President Kamala Harris.

The Baltimore autochthonal has represented the San Francisco country successful Congress since 1987, and typically splits her clip betwixt California and Washington DC.

She is presently fundraising and campaigning with Democrats astir the state up of the midterm elections.

Paul Pelosi is the multimillionaire laminitis of a task superior steadfast and lives chiefly successful San Francisco, wherever helium was calved and raised.

The mates person been joined since 1963 and person 5 children.

Members of Congress person been connected precocious alert implicit information threats since the riot astatine the US Capitol successful January 2021.

Mrs Pelosi's bureau successful the gathering was ransacked by supporters of then-President Donald Trump during the riot.

US President Joe Biden has condemned the onslaught and said "enough is enough" erstwhile it comes to unit successful politics.