The assailant was looking for the Speaker of Parliament, shouting "Where's Nancy?"

Biden: Attacks on Pelosi's husband "vile" have no place in America

San Francisco cops and the FBI work outside Nancy Pelosi's home after the attack.

EPA

US President Joe Biden condemned the "despicable" assault on the husband of Democratic leader in Congress Nancy Pelosi, saying during an election tour in Philadelphia that there was "no place" for political violence in the United States.

An intruder attacked Pelosi's husband with a hammer after breaking into the couple's California home on Friday, police said.

"This is despicable," the US president added.

It has no place in America.

There is a lot of violence, political violence, a lot of hate and a lot of vitriol.”

Biden indicated that the attacker shouted, "Where's Nancy?", as did some of the protesters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to a number of local media.

Fearing that this would affect the political climate, Biden called on officials to "oppose" this violence, regardless of their affiliation.

For his part, San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said in a press conference that the attack on the husband of the US House Speaker in their home was not a random attack.

US House Speaker Drew Hamill said the man who attacked Pelosi's husband at the couple's home was already looking for the Democratic leader.

"Earlier Friday morning, Paul Pelosi was attacked in his home by an assailant who used force and threatened to kill him, demanding to see President Nancy Pelosi," Hamill said in a statement.

Pelosi was in Washington at the time.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, California, said that the speaker's husband's call to 911 while the attacker was inside his home helped the service employee quickly respond to the incident, CNN reported.

Pelosi managed to keep the line open during the attack so the recipient could hear what was going on in the background, a separate law enforcement source said.

Police said earlier that officers entered the couple's home at about 0227 a.m. local time to find Pelosi, 82, wrestling with a hammer with another man.

The conflict was filmed by a camera attached to the policemen's body as they entered through the door to intervene, an informed source told the news network.

San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said in a statement that the intruder made his way into Pelosi's three-story red-brick home through a back door.

Aerial photos showed shattered glass in the backyard of the upscale Pacific Heights neighborhood of the city.

According to a statement from the Speaker's spokesperson, Pelosi underwent surgery for a fractured skull and serious injuries to his right arm and hands.

Follow our latest local and sports news and the latest political and economic developments via Google news