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Eight injured after car ploughs into crowd in Italy's Modena

DW English · May 16, 2026, 10:00 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Investigators are still determining if the driver acted deliberately.
  • https://p.dw.com/p/5Dr BBSecurity camera footage showed a car being driven at high speed into a city center street Image: La Presse/AP Photo/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement.
  • The ⁠driver tried to flee after the ​car crashed into a shop window, Modena Mayor Massimo Mezzetti told local media.

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Investigators are still determining if the driver acted deliberately. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the incident in Modena "extremely serious."

https://p.dw.com/p/5Dr BBSecurity camera footage showed a car being driven at high speed into a city center street Image: La Presse/AP Photo/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement. A man drove a car into a crowd in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring at least eight people, four of whom are in serious condition, ‌police said.

The ⁠driver tried to flee after the ​car crashed into a shop window, Modena Mayor Massimo Mezzetti told local media.

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