Man Attempts to Enter St. Peter's Square Armed with Kitchen Knife

He tried to enter St. Peter's Square armed with a kitchen knife. Stopped at the filters on Via della Conciliazione by the police, he was arrested for illegal possession of weapons, resistance and violence against a public official. It happened around 8.30 this morning, while Romans and tourists were preparing to crowd the square to attend Pope Francis' Angelus. The man, a 51-year-old Italian, tried to escape from the agents, one of whom injured his knee and was treated with a 10-day prognosis. Who is the man The man, originally from Palmi in Calabria, was checked, as always happens on the occasion of the Sunday Angelus at the pre-filters on Via della Conciliazione at the height of the propylaea, long before St. Peter's Square. At first he refused to have the contents of the bag he was carrying checked, but once forced he opened it and pulled out the knife with which he also slightly injured the agent in charge of the checks. He was immediately immobilized, after a brief scuffle and was arrested. It appears to be a person with mental disorders.