Battering Berlusconi

Of course, I wouldn't want to condone any act of violence, but sometimes the implements used to commit acts of violence are eye-opening to say the least:

The PM, 73, suffered a broken nose, two broken teeth and a cut lip after being hit with a model of Milan cathedral following a rally in the city.

The emphasis is mine, because I cannot figure out why a model of Milan cathedral was used. I mean, you could argue that it was the first thing that came to hand, but it is a model of Milan cathedral. Presumably, even in Milan, these aren't lying around in the street on the off-chance that someone wants to lob one at Berlusconi. Which implies a level or premeditation - that the attacker thought about what he wanted to use to batter Berlusconi, and settled on a model cathedral. Rather than more traditional implements, such as a brick. It does beg the question of "why?"

Still, The Daily Mash has a far more pertinent question - namely, what are we going to throw at Brown?