Man in 30s arrested over incident in Modena that left two seriously hurt

Seven people were injured, two seriously, on Saturday after a car rammed into a group of pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena.

Police said the driver, in his thirties, has been arrested. He is also alleged to have attempted to stab a passerby who had tried to stop him.

According to reports in the Italian press, the car crashed into a shop window after hitting the pedestrians on a road in the central area of the city.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/16/people-injured-car-crowd-modena-northern-italy