Car rushes Vatican gate, is fired on by gendarmes; driver apprehended after reaching courtyard

Driver arrested after ramming car through Vatican gate

Police arrested a man who used his car to force a gate at the Vatican City on Thursday evening after he was refused entry, said officials at the Holy See.

Man arrested after car driven through Vatican gate and into palace courtyard

Vatican police shot at the vehicle’s tyres as it made its way into a courtyard at the Apostolic Palace.

Car rushes Vatican gate, is fired on by gendarmes; driver apprehended after reaching courtyard

The Vatican said the driver was about 40 years old and was in a “serious state of psychophysical alteration."

Shots fired after speeding car breaches Vatican gate

A car driven by someone with apparent psychiatric problems rushed through a Vatican gate Thursday evening.

Gendarmes fire as car rushes Vatican gate; mentally unstable driver arrested

ROME: A car driven by someone with apparent psychiatric problems rushed through a Vatican gate Thursday evening and sped past Swiss Guards into a palace courtyard before the driver was apprehended by police, the Holy See said. 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.

Car rushes Vatican gate, is fired on by gendarmes; driver apprehended after reaching courtyard

ROME — A car driven by someone with apparent psychiatric problems rushed through a Vatican gate Thursday evening and sped past Swiss Guards into a palace courtyard before the driver was apprehended by police, the Holy See said.