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Berlusconi Leaving Hospital Tomorrow

Premier advised to avoid public appearances for 2 weeks

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 15, 2009 6:23 AM CST
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(Newser) – Silvio Berlusconi will be spending another night in the hospital recovering from injuries he sustained at the hands of a statue-wielding attacker. The Italian leader will be released tomorrow, but has been advised to avoid public appearances for at least two weeks, according to a statement from Milan's San Raffaele hospital.

The hospital says Berlusconi, who suffered a broken nose and two broken teeth in Sunday's attack, is still in pain but his condition isn't worrying, the AP reports. The 42-year-old man charged in the attack has written to the premier and apologized for his "superficial, cowardly, and rash act," his lawyers say.

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was left stunned and bloodied after an attacker hurled a statuette at him at the end of a rally in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009.
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was left stunned and bloodied after an attacker hurled a statuette at him at the end of a rally in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009.   (AP Photo/RAI TG3 via APTN)
A Carabinieri officer stands by a piece of cardboard reading President Berlusconi, Get well soon. Real Italians are with you always, at the entrance of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan yesterday.
A Carabinieri officer stands by a piece of cardboard reading "President Berlusconi, Get well soon. Real Italians are with you always", at the entrance of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan yesterday.   (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Massimo Tartaglia, 42, who Italian police said was suspected of attacking Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009.
Massimo Tartaglia, 42, who Italian police said was suspected of attacking Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009.   (AP Photo/Livio Anticoli/Italian Premier's Office, ho)
Silvio Berlusconi after an attacker hurled a statuette at him at the end of a rally in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009.
Silvio Berlusconi after an attacker hurled a statuette at him at the end of a rally in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009.   (AP Photo/ Livio Anticoli/Italian Premier's Office, ho)
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi after an attacker struck Berlusconi in the face at the end of a rally in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009.
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi after an attacker struck Berlusconi in the face at the end of a rally in Milan, Italy on Sunday Dec. 13, 2009.   (AP Photo/RAI TG3 via APTN)
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loveonthedole
Dec 15, 2009 7:27 AM CST
so much for being too handsome to be a monster
NxBigmouthery
Dec 15, 2009 1:03 AM CST
For all the thousands and thousands Silvio has spent on plastic surgery, plugs, tanning, chemical peels, dental work to make himself look more like a young narcissist in an old narcisisst's body, he's now immortalised by one image: toothless, bloodied, glazed and ugly.

 
Italy • Milan • Silvio Berlusconi • hospitalization • Berlusconi assaulted • Massimo Tartaglia

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