Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visits people wounded in a car attack in the northern city of Modena. Multiple sources say the incident involves a driver who has a history of mental health problems and who runs over several pedestrians in the city centre before crashing into a shop window and colliding head-on with a woman. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi states that officials consider the case to be a psychiatric matter, following a meeting with authorities at Modena city hall.
Separately, reports describe public gatherings after the attack. Hundreds of people assemble in the evening at the call of Modena’s mayor, who urges residents to “unite” and to oppose attempts to “divide and sow hatred” in connection with the incident. Some far-right politicians are reported to have tried to link the attack to immigration.
The driver is described as a 31-year-old Italian man of Moroccan heritage. The sources agree on the basic timeline of the attack and the government’s framing of the case as related to mental health, alongside the city’s public response aimed at reducing hostility.
