{"id":909383,"date":"2026-05-30T15:12:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T20:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/italys-leaders-visit-victims-of-modena-car-ramming-stabbing-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T20:12:26","slug":"italys-leaders-visit-victims-of-modena-car-ramming-stabbing-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/italys-leaders-visit-victims-of-modena-car-ramming-stabbing-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s leaders visit victims of Modena car-ramming, stabbing attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The attacks carried out by 31-year-old Salim El Khoudri appear related \u2018to a situation of psychiatric distress\u2019, according to Italy\u2019s interior minister.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Italy\u2019s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella have visited victims of car-ramming and stabbing attacks on the main shopping street of the northern city of Modena.<\/p>\n<p>At about 4:30pm local time (14:30 GMT) on Saturday, a 31-year-old man identified as Salim El Koudri drove at high speed through the city centre, hitting more than a dozen people.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/12\/fbi-reports-active-shooter-situation-at-detroit-area-synagogue-in-the-us\">Assailant dead after vehicle ramming, gunfire at Michigan synagogue in US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/13\/michigan-synagogue-and-virginia-university-shootings-what-we-know\">Michigan synagogue and Virginia university shootings: What we know<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/4\/car-ramming-kills-at-least-two-people-in-germany\">Car-ramming incident kills at least two people in Germany<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The attacker also stabbed a pedestrian before being stopped by a group of passers-by. Eight people were taken to hospital in serious condition, the ANSA state news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>Two women aged 55 and 69 had their legs amputated, and one of them remains in a life-threatening condition, read a statement released on Sunday by the city prosecutor\u2019s office. The prosecutors added that the attack was carried out \u201cin an indiscriminate, random and deliberate manner\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian leaders did not release statements following their visits on Sunday to two hospitals where the injured are being treated. The previous day, Meloni <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GiorgiaMeloni\/status\/2055700072633938166\">called<\/a> the attack \u201cextremely serious\u201d and thanked the residents who \u201ccourageously intervened to stop the perpetrator, and to the police for their intervention\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El Koudri was born in the northern province of Bergamo to a family originally from Morocco, according to ANSA.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"psychiatric-distress\">\u2018Psychiatric distress\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking to journalists on Sunday, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said that while the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the attack is ongoing, the incident appears related \u201cto a situation of psychiatric distress\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing escaped us from the standpoint of counterterrorism prevention,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Italian broadcaster RaiNews reported that the suspect has shown symptoms of schizoid disorders and had been treated between 2022 and 2024 at a mental health centre in the same province where the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Far-right Deputy Minister Matteo Salvini, whose anti-immigrant League party is a member of the governing coalition, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/matteosalvinimi\/status\/2055706102461780091\">commented<\/a> on the origins of El Koudri, highlighting that he was an Italian national \u201cof second generation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>State media reported that two of the four citizens who promptly blocked the attacker from fleeing the scene were Egyptian nationals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are also the symbol of a community that knows, even in such a dramatic moment, how to react, unite and intervene,\u201d Modena\u2019s Mayor Massimo Mezzetti said. \u201cThe entire Modena community will have to follow the example of these citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Lyndia Wiers <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/17\/italian-leaders-visit-victims-of-modena-car-ramming-stabbing-attacks?traffic_source=rss\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The attacks carried out by 31-year-old Salim El Khoudri appear related \u2018to a situation of psychiatric distress\u2019, according to Italy\u2019s interior minister. Italy\u2019s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella have visited victims of car-ramming and stabbing attacks on the main shopping street of the northern city of Modena. 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