{"id":335915,"date":"2026-05-17T00:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T18:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=335915"},"modified":"2026-05-17T00:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T18:46:56","slug":"automobile-rams-right-into-a-crowd-before-man-stabs-people-in-italy-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/automobile-rams-right-into-a-crowd-before-man-stabs-people-in-italy-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Automobile rams right into a crowd before &#8216;man stabs people&#8217; in Italy | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>A automotive mowed down several people in Modena city centre, crushing a minimum of one person against a department store window (Picture: LaPresse\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several people have been injured after a fast-moving automotive struck pedestrians in Italy before a stabbing. <\/p>\n<p>The incident happened in Modena when a automotive mowed down people within the historic northern Italian city today. <\/p>\n<p>At the least seven people were injured, two of them seriously, after a automotive hit them in Largo Porta Bologna area of town before crashing right into a department store window. <\/p>\n<p>One woman was crushed against the shop window and will lose each of her legs, mayor Massimo Mezzetti said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_297519788-3aad.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28397944\" alt=\"A car crash scene in Modena, Italy, where a vehicle hit pedestrians.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Modena city centre is locked down after the automotive ramming incident today (Picture: LaPresse\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_297519692-f2da.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28397945\" alt=\"A mangled bike left at the scene of a car ramming in Modena, Italy.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>A mangled bike left on the scene after the incident (Picture: LaPresse\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tEnroll for all of the newest stories\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>Start your day informed with Metro&#8217;s <strong>News Updates<\/strong> newsletter or get <strong>Breaking News <\/strong>alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A person within the automotive, who was reportedly also injured, is claimed to have fled on foot. <\/p>\n<p>He then allegedly stabbed one one who tried to stop him before being arrested, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iltirreno.it\/toscana\/2026\/05\/16\/news\/auto-a-tutta-velocita-sulla-folla-falcia-i-passanti-ci-sono-diversi-feriti-aggiornamenti-1.100870462\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.iltirreno.it\/toscana\/2026\/05\/16\/news\/auto-a-tutta-velocita-sulla-folla-falcia-i-passanti-ci-sono-diversi-feriti-aggiornamenti-1.100870462\">Il Tirreno<\/a> reports. <\/p>\n<p>Footage from the scene shows a badly damaged silver Citroen with its front smashed next to the pavement, with debris surrounding it. <\/p>\n<p>The mayor said: \u2018Fortunately, there have been no deaths, but seven people were injured, two of them seriously. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018One woman will likely should have each legs amputated: she was crushed against the shop window.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>He said the suspect was being questioned on the police station. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Got a story? 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