Somebody really doesn't like this guy

Rico says more than one person, apparently, according to an article by Rachel Donadio and Alan Cowell in The New York Times:

Three days after an attacker left him with a fractured nose and broken teeth, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was at the center of another bizarre episode Wednesday, when police arrested a man who entered the hospital where he is being treated at around 2 a.m., ostensibly to talk to him.
Mr. Berlusconi, 73, was admitted to the San Raffaele hospital in Milan on Sunday after being struck in the face by a man wielding a statuette depicting the Milan cathedral. Massimo Tartaglia, a 42-year-old man with a history of psychological problems, was held after the attack.
Early Wednesday, the police said, a 26-year-old man took the elevator to the hospital’s seventh floor where the Italian leader is recuperating. News reports described the man as apparently mentally unstable. He was not reported to be carrying weapons or dangerous objects and had merely shown an interest in talking to Mr. Berlusconi.
The incident offered a new twist in a saga that has riveted Italy, reflecting what conservative politicians and news outlets called part of a “climate of hatred” that had polarized the nation into pro- and anti-Berlusconi camps. Over the past year, political passions have coursed through the nation with unusual intensity as the billionaire prime minister faced several corruption trials and his personal life came under scrutiny. His wife, Veronica Lario, announced that she was divorcing him and accused him of conducting relationships with young women.
The emotions have spilled over onto the streets and into cyberspace with groups on Facebook supporting the attack on Mr. Berlusconi. Facebook said that it would monitor content on its Web site dealing with Mr. Berlusconi following Sunday’s attack. “Promoting violence, or posting threatening content, is not permitted on Facebook,” the social-networking site said. “We will take quick action to respond to reports, and remove any content reported to us that makes direct threats against an individual.” Facebook has shut down the largest fan page for Mr. Tartaglia, the man accused of hitting Mr. Berlusconi on Sunday, after it had amassed almost 100,000 users in less than 48 hours. Other fan pages with fewer members have remained open.