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Modena Attack Injures Eight; Meloni Visits, Foreign Bystanders Intervene

5/17/2026

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A vehicle-ramming and stabbing attack in Modena left eight victims hospitalized, including two women who required leg amputations.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni flew to Modena to assess the attack, while President Sergio Mattarella visited the hospitals but issued no statements.
Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said the second-generation Italian attacker had received mental-health treatment and showed schizoid disorder symptoms, and that two of the four citizens who stopped him were foreign-born.

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A vehicle-ramming and stabbing attack in Modena left eight victims hospitalized, including two women who required leg amputations.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni flew to Modena to assess the attack, while President Sergio Mattarella visited the hospitals but issued no statements.
Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said the second-generation Italian attacker had received mental-health treatment and showed schizoid disorder symptoms, and that two of the four citizens who stopped him were foreign-born.