Driver hijacks, sets ablaze school bus in Italy, children flee unharmed
Source: Reuters
A bus full of schoolchildren was hijacked and set on fire by its own driver on Wednesday in an apparent protest against migrant drownings in the Mediterranean, Italian authorities said.
All 51 children managed to escape unhurt before the bus was engulfed in flames on the outskirts of Milan, Italy's business capital. Police named the driver as Ousseynou Sy, a 47-year-old Italian citizen of Senegalese origin.
"He shouted, 'Stop the deaths at sea, I'll carry out a massacre'," police spokesman Marco Palmieri quoted Sy as telling police after his arrest.
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One of the children told reporters that the driver had threatened to pour petrol over them and set them alight. One of group managed to call the police, who rushed to the scene and broke the bus windows to get everyone to safety.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-bus-fire/driver-hijacks-sets-ablaze-school-bus-in-italy-children-flee-unharmed-idUSKCN1R1224
Another day another nut-job engaging in lone-wolf terrorism.
Good work by the Italian authorities in rescuing the kids.
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