Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to Modena on Sunday, a day after several people were injured in an incident in which a car hit pedestrians, government sources said, Reuters reports.
Due to travel, she canceled a meeting in Nicosia with the President of Cyprus.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella will also travel to the northern Italian city, sources added.
A 30-year-old man, born in Italy and of North African descent, drove a car into a crowd in the city center on Saturday, injuring eight people, four of them seriously.
The man tried to escape and stabbed one of three passersby who tried to stop him. Police later arrested him.
The Modena prosecutor's office said on Sunday that the suspect was under investigation for massacre and causing bodily harm, adding that work was underway to determine the motive for his actions.
They said the man had been hitting pedestrians in the busy city centre, which has a population of more than 180.000, "indiscriminately, randomly and intentionally".
"The man was treated in 2022 for mental health problems, namely schizoid personality disorder, after which he disappeared," Modena Mayor Massimo Mezzetti told RaiNews24 late on Saturday.
Among the seriously injured, two people lost their legs and one's life is in danger, the prosecutor's office added.
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