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Seven people injured after man drives car into pedestrians in northern Italy

The Guardian · May 16, 2026, 5:10 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • The car crashed into a shop window after hitting the pedestrians, according to local reports.
  • Prefer the Guardian on Google 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.

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The car crashed into a shop window after hitting the pedestrians, according to local reports. Photograph: La Presse/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen. The car crashed into a shop window after hitting the pedestrians, according to local reports. Photograph: La Presse/Shutterstock Italy Seven people injured after man drives car into pedestrians in northern Italy Man in 30s arrested over incident in Modena that left two seriously hurt

Prefer the Guardian on Google 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.

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