Psychiatric patient beats man to death (5)

(ANSA) - Caserta, July 3 - A psychiatric patient beat a man to death with his bare hands in a hospital at Sessa Aurunca near Caserta on Tuesday, local sources said. The man, said to be aged 20 to 25 and "of African origin", was overcome by a fit of rage and attacked the victim, bashing in his skull in the psychiatric ward, the sources said.
    Police had trouble restraining the aggressor, who was eventually sedated, sources said.
    Some police officers sustained bruises in the scuffle, sources said.
    The victim was a 77-year-old Italian man from Falciano del Massico near Caserta, police said.
    He was a retired nurse.
    The facility where the murder took place is for patients with psychiatric problems.
    The alleged murderer was sectioned Monday after being arrested for damaging cars and threatening passersby is nearby Castel Volturno.