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Man ploughs car into crowd in Italy before trying to stab them

Eight people were injured, four seriously, before passers-by gave chase and stopped the man.

www.bbc.com

Shortly after a car plowed into a crowd of pedestrians in Modena, Italy on Saturday, four Italian civilians stepped in and tackled the vehicle's driver, pulling him to the ground, according to the city's mayor.
"The madman, I don't know what to call him, the criminal who committed this act, he got out of the car brandishing a knife," Mayor Massimo Mezzetti told state-owned news agency RAI. "Four citizens, whom I thank, captured him and handed him over to law enforcement."

Mezzetti said that eight people were wounded when the car rammed into a crowd on Via Emilia, a busy street in the center of the northern Italian city of Modena. Four of the pedestrians suffered serious injuries, he added, including one woman whose legs had to be amputated after being struck by the car head-on.

"I want to thank these citizens," Mezzetti said of the four who apprehended the suspected driver. "The man was also armed with a knife; they showed courage and great civic sense. My deepest thanks go to them in this dramatic moment."

When praising the four, Mezzetti also said that when "they threw him to the ground, one was slightly injured" by the knife.

Mezzetti added that the man is being questioned at the local police station, and said that authorities would provide an update later. It was not immediately clear whether the man was under the influence of substances or acted deliberately.

The Italian Police told CNN that the man is a 31-year-old unemployed resident of Modena with a degree in economics, currently living with his parents. As of Saturday evening, he is still being questioned.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the incident as "extremely serious" in a message on social media.

"I express my closeness to the injured people and their families," Meloni wrote. "I also extend thanks to the citizens who courageously intervened to stop the perpetrator and to the law enforcement agencies for their response."

"I have spoken with the Mayor and remain in constant contact with the authorities to follow the developments of the situation," she continued. "I trust that the perpetrator will be held fully accountable for his actions."

 

[tired as fuck]

Foid's translated speech in last vid:

"Like, someone wildly crashed his car into a woman at 100 [kilo]meters/hour and she doesn't have her legs anymore, she doesn't have her legs anymore, this woman, there was an attack in Modena, he went crazy, I don't know how many people's legs he cut off, (man screams: he went over there, to the right, at the end [of the street]), nah it's crazy, look at that, poor her, she doesn't have legs anymore, this one doesn't have legs anymore, she doesn't have legs anymore, this woman, she doesn't have legs anymore, like we're going mad, like I swear, the wildest stuff happens, I fucking said it that people have gone crazy, the world has gone crazy, we're all out of our minds, what is this fucking world, like, it's crazy, look at this, like this woman doesn't have legs anymore, she doesn't have legs anymore, she doesn't have legs anymore, like this is the attacker's car, and this is the license plate, this is the plate, this is the plate ok? like, no, it's crazy guys, it's crazy, it's crazy, like."


this is indeed crazy