Overview
- The rampage, which unfolded Saturday in Modena’s historic center, left eight people injured with four in critical condition.
- After crashing into a shop window, the 31-year-old driver got out with a knife and stabbed a man who tried to stop him before bystanders tackled and held him for police.
- At least one woman required the amputation of both legs, and the most critical patients were airlifted to hospitals in Bologna.
- Investigators searched the suspect’s home and said a terrorism unit from the Bologna prosecutor’s office is assisting while the motive remains unclear.
- Officials identified the detained suspect as a second‑generation Italian born in Bergamo with Moroccan heritage who received mental‑health care in 2022 and, according to the prefect, showed no signs of psychotropic substance use as victims remain hospitalized and national leaders visited them.