Man drives car into pedestrians in Italy, injuring eight

A antheral has driven his car into pedestrians successful the bluish Italian metropolis of Modena, injuring 8 people, 4 seriously, officials say.

They see a pistillate who reportedly had some her legs crushed.

Passers-by gave pursuit and managed to detain the man, successful his 30s, and manus him implicit to police.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the incidental arsenic "extremely serious". City Mayor Massimo Mezzeti added that it would beryllium "even much serious" if it turned retired to beryllium a premeditated attack.

The incidental occurred astir 16:30 (14:30 GMT), erstwhile the speeding car deed the pedestrians successful the centre of Modena, south-east of Milan.

"We saw the car approaching, it was heading for the curb," an eyewitness said.

"It abruptly accelerated - it was going astatine slightest 100km/h (62mph)."

"We saw radical flying," the witnesser told Italian media.

Modena's politician said it appeared the operator "deliberately drove connected to the pavement, hitting respective radical and crashing into a store window".

"He past got retired of his car and brandished a knife," Mezzetti said.

One antheral who tried to halt him was lightly injured earlier others joined him to overpower the attacker.

The politician said the fishy was an Italian nationalist calved successful Bergamo, "but of Maghreb origins". He lives successful the state of Modena.

Italy's far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini named the fishy connected X arsenic Salim El Koudri.