Overview
- A grey Citroën that mounted the sidewalk in Modena’s Via Emilia Centro on Saturday left eight people injured, including four in serious condition, and one woman later lost both legs.
- The car struck pedestrians and crashed into a shop window in what Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said also included a stabbing of a passerby.
- Bystanders chased the fleeing driver, forced his knife to the ground, and helped police detain him, according to witness accounts.
- Investigators have not established premeditation or any terrorism link, and the prefect said the suspect was sober and previously received psychiatric follow-up in 2022.
- Italian media and senior politicians named the suspect as 31-year-old Salim El Koudri, an economics graduate living near Modena, while police continue questioning to determine motive.