Italian PM meets victims of Modena car incident

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited victims of a tragic car incident in Modena, where a driver with mental health issues ran over several pedestrians. The visit highlights ongoing concerns regarding public safety and mental health issues.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday visited people wounded by a driver with a history of mental health problems who ran over several pedestrians in a city centre in northern Italy. The driver, a 31-year-old Italian man of Moroccan heritage, hit several people in central Modena before crashing into a shop window, colliding head-on with a woman. "For the moment, what is become most clear, is that this personal situation is of a psychiatric nature," Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said Sunday, after a meeting with officials at Modena city hall.