Italian PM Meloni to meet victims of Modena car incident
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is visiting victims of a car attack in Modena, where eight people were injured, four seriously, after a driver with a history of mental health issues struck pedestrians. The suspect, an Italian man of Moroccan heritage born in 1995, was apprehended by bystanders after crashing into a shop and brandishing a knife. Meloni canceled a trip to Cyprus to attend to the situation, while President Sergio Mattarella also plans to visit the city.
- ▪Eight people were wounded in the Modena incident, including a woman who had both legs amputated.
- ▪The driver, born in 1995, had been treated for schizoid disorders but was no longer under observation.
- ▪Security footage showed the car speeding into a crowded street, and the suspect injured a passer-by with a knife while trying to flee.
- ▪Four bystanders chased and detained the suspect before police arrived.
- ▪The driver was not under the influence of psychotropic substances at the time of the incident.
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Italian PM Meloni to meet victims of Modena car incidentSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxThe driver hit several people before crashing into a shop window.PHOTO: AFPPublished May 17, 2026, 04:17 PMUpdated May 17, 2026, 04:17 PMMODENA, Italy – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on May 17 will visit people wounded by a driver with a history of mental health problems who ran over pedestrians in a city centre in northern Italy.The driver, an Italian of Moroccan heritage, hit several people before crashing into a shop window, colliding head-on with a woman.Eight people were wounded in the incident in Modena, four of them seriously, including a woman who had to have both legs amputated.Ms Meloni cancelled a planned visit to Cyprus to go to Modena, a government source…
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