Italy: Revenge Minister Mateo Salvini's policies, kidnapped and burned school bus

A man of Senegalese origin and Italian nationality burned a school bus on Wednesday after being part of the 51 students of about 12 years old who traveled there, circulating in the city of San Donato Milanese, in northern Italy.

According to a first reconstruction of the facts quoted by some media, the man he took off the bus with students from a school in Crema (northern Italy) and three adult companions and confessed his intention to drive them to Milan-Linate airport. That's when someone inside the bus, which, according to some media, was a student and, according to others, was one of the adults, He warned the carabinieri, who quickly started pursuing the vehicle.

"We are going to Linate (Milan Airport). Today nobody comes out alive from here ", said the man. Then he hijacked cell phones and asked teachers to attach the children with plastic seals. "He told us that if we moved, he would spill gasoline and set it on fire, shouting that Africans are dying because of Di Maio and Salvini," a girl said in a statement. bus quoted by the Spanish. ABC.

According to the same source, the author of the fire was identified as Ousseynou Sy, 47, who allegedly loaded the bus with previously hidden gas containers.

Minister Salvini echoed the episode via his Twitter account, where, accompanied by a video of one of the children on the bus, he stated that "it could have been a mbadacre" , quoting the author of the attack, who reportedly said: says: "Nobody comes out alive here!" "It was a miracle", added the leader of La Liga right.

At one point, the man (who had been nationalized italian in 2004) was part of the students of the bus in the middle of the highway and began to spread gasoline in the vehicle, before set fire to "avenge the dead in the sea" and commit suicide, according to the same information.

The carabinieri explained to the TV channel Sky What By the time the man set the bus on fire, most of the students had already fallen.

Once they have neutralize the driver, break the windows and the back door of the bus to allow people who were still inside to get out, Milan prosecutor Francesco Greco explained to the media.

For its part, the Director General of the Azienda Regionale Emergenza Urgenza, which manages emergencies in Lombardy, is badured in statements to Sky What all students and companions were unharmed, with the exception of one hospitalized for minor injuries.

The driver, who also he was not injured, has a history of driving while intoxicated and is currently under investigation for kidnapping people with aggravated minors, according to local information.

Matteo Salvini has been one of the driving forces behind the toughening of asylum policies in Italy.