Italian Minister Says Modena Car Ramming Incident Cant Be Dismissed as Act of Madman

The aftermath of a car having driven into a crowd and injured at least eight people in Modena, Italy, on May 16, 2026. Lapresse via APItalian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said on May 18 that an incident at the weekend in the northern city of Modena, in which eight people were injured when a second-generation immigrant allegedly drove a car into crowds of people, cannot be dismissed as “the act of an isolated madman.”Eight people were injured, four critically, when the suspect, a 31-year-old Italian citizen of Moroccan descent named Salim El Koudri, allegedly drove into pedestrians on May 16 before crashing into a shop window.