Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will travel to Modena on Sunday, a day after several ​people were injured in a car-ramming incident there, cancelling ‌a meeting in Nicosia with Cyprus’ president in order to make the trip, government sources said.

Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella will ​also travel to the northern Italian city, ​the sources added.

A 30-year-old man, born in Italy ⁠and of North African origin, drove a car into ​a crowd in the city centre on Saturday, injuring ​eight people, four of them seriously.

The man attempted to flee and stabbed one of three passersby who tried to stop ​him. He was later arrested by the police.

Modena’s prosecutors said ​in a statement on Sunday that the suspect is under investigation ‌for ⁠massacre and personal injury, adding that efforts are underway to establish the motive behind his actions.

They said the man struck pedestrians in the crowded city ​centre, which has ​more than ⁠180,000 residents, “in an indiscriminate, random and deliberate manner”.

“The man had received treatment for ​mental health issues in 2022 due to ​schizoid ⁠personality disorder, after which he went off the radar,” Modena’s mayor, Massimo Mezzetti, told broadcaster RaiNews24 late on Saturday.

Among ⁠those ​seriously injured, two had suffered ​the loss of their legs, with one in a life-threatening condition, the ​prosecutors added.