Paul Pelosi, husband of Nancy Pelosi, in hospital with skull fracture after attack

Paul Pelosi with his wife Nancy at a mass led by Pope Francis in Rome in June. The speaker’s office said the motive for the attack was being investigated. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

Paul Pelosi, husband of the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, was hospitalized with a skull fracture on Friday after he was attacked at the couple’s home in California with a hammer by an assailant who was reported to have shouted “Where is Nancy? Where is Nancy?”

Paul Pelosi, 82, underwent “successful surgery” to repair a skull fracture and other “serious injuries” sustained during the assault and is expected to make a full recovery”, according to Nancy Pelosi’s longtime spokesperson, Drew Hammill.