The Vatican Gendarmerie has arrested a man in his 40s who he jumped the controls with his car security guards and broke into Vatican City on Thursday night. The driver, who will go to court this Friday, is currently in a holding cell in the Gendarmerie Headquarters, as reported by the Vatican.

The incident occurred after 8:00 p.m., when a car came at full speedIt overlooks the Santa Ana door of the Vatican, one of the accesses to the small State from the city of Rome.

Ignoring the instructions of the Swiss Guard, which prevented him from entering without authorization, he temporarily left the entrance and, after making a maneuver, he re-entered at great speed, forcing both doors control of the Swiss Guard and the Vatican City State Gendarmerie Corps.

As detailed by the Vatican Press Office in a statement, “in an attempt to stop the car, the Gendarmerie inspector, who was guarding the door at the time, shot with a pistol in the direction of the tires front of the vehicle. Although he caught the vehicle on the left front wing, the car continued on its way“.

The alarm code was quickly broadcast by radio, so the guard “was able to close the door of the Mint in time, which allows access to the back of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican gardens and the Plaza de Santa Marta”. Meanwhile, the driver arrived at the Patio de San Dámaso, where heads of state and government usually arrive, and he got out of the vehicle by his own foot.

Shortly after, he was arrested by agents of the Gendarmerie. “The man, in his 40s, was immediately examined by doctors from the Vatican City State Health and Hygiene Directorate, who found that he was in a severe state of psychophysical disturbance“, detailed the note.