The attacker in Modena, Salim El Koudri, injured at least eight people by driving his car into a crowd in the city center.

Omissions

• The MEP attributes all eight injuries exclusively to the car ramming, but according to multiple reports the attacker also stabbed a pedestrian after the car attack, and some sources indicate that seven were injured by the car and one by the knife.
• The attack occurred on May 16, 2026, just three days before the parliamentary session; all sources are news reports from the immediate aftermath, and no official investigative report or final medical tally was yet available at the time of the speech, so the figure of 'at least 8' could have changed.

Sources

• SecondarySky NewsSalim El Koudri, a 31-year-old man, drove a car into a crowd in the city centre on Saturday, leaving eight injured, four of them seriously.
• SecondaryAl JazeeraThe attacker also stabbed a pedestrian before being stopped by a group of passers-by. Eight people were taken to hospital in serious condition.
• SecondaryWashington PostA driver has plowed into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena, injuring eight people, four of them critically, before trying to flee and then stabbing a pedestrian.
• SecondaryReutersAmong those seriously injured, two lost their legs and one was in a life-threatening condition, the prosecutors added. Salim El Koudri, a 31-year-old man, drove a car into a crowd in the city centre on Saturday.