{"id":336455,"date":"2026-05-18T03:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=336455"},"modified":"2026-05-18T03:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:34:41","slug":"driver-with-mental-issues-sped-into-crowd-leaving-one-woman-needing-legs-amputated-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/driver-with-mental-issues-sped-into-crowd-leaving-one-woman-needing-legs-amputated-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver with ‘mental issues’ sped into crowd leaving one woman needing legs amputated | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eight people have been left injured, 4 critically, after a person mowed down pedestrians on a pavement in Modena, Italy (Picture: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A person who drove into pedestrians within the Italian city of Modena was known to have mental disorders.<\/p>\n

Salim El Koudri, 31, rammed into crowds within the centre of town in Emilia Romagna, injuring eight people, including 4 critically.<\/p>\n

Two of the victims lost their legs and one, a 55-year-old woman is claimed to be in a life-threatening condition at a hospital in Bologna.<\/p>\n

After leaving his vehicle, El Koudri stabbed a pedestrian, Luca Signorelli, who tried to stop him fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n

A 27-year-old woman, a 71-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man are all currently at Modena\u2019s polyclinic with non-serious injuries.<\/p>\n

In a press release today, prosecutors said he had struck passers-by \u2018in an indiscriminate, random and deliberate manner\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni reportedly cancelled a gathering with the Cypriot president in Nicosia to affix president Sergio Mattarella on a visit to Modena on Sunday.<\/p>\n

She wrote on X: \u2018I express my solidarity with those that were injured and their families.<\/p>\n

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Law enforcement officials standing by the crashed automobile within the centre of Modena in Emilia Romagna, Italy (Picture: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018What happened in Modena is incredibly serious. I trust the person responsible will probably be held fully accountable for his actions.\u2019<\/p>\n

Modena\u2019s mayor Massimo Mezzetti suggested that El Koudri had a history of mental instability but insisted it was too early to attract conclusions.<\/p>\n

Italy\u2019s far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who leads the anti-immigrant League party, highlighted El Koudri\u2019s Moroccan heritage and called for migrants who commit crimes to have their resident permits revoked.<\/p>\n

Dramatic footage showed the moment El Koudri rocketed down the road in a silver automobile, before mounting the pavement and damaging a row of shop awnings. <\/p>\n

A witness told Corriere della Sera<\/a>: \u2018He was going incredibly fast, definitely over 100 miles per hour.\u2019<\/p>\n

Mr Signorelli said that El Koudri was behaving as if inebriated or drugs before the attacker stabbed him, nonetheless police confirmed the 31-year-old had tested negative for each.<\/p>\n

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