He kidnapped a school bus with 51 boys on board and set it on fire to avenge "the dead in the Mediterranean"

Italian police rescued Wednesday 51 students which were taken as hostages and threatened with death in a school bus by his driver, an Italian of Senegalese origin who stated that I wanted to avenge the death of African immigrants in the Mediterranean before setting the vehicle on fire.

Fortunately, no one was injured. "It's a miracle, It could have been a mbadacre. The riflemen acted exceptionally, blocking the bus and saving all the children, "said Francesco Greco, prosecutor in Milan, northern Italy.

The driver, 47-year-old Ousseynou Sy, was arrested for "taking hostages, killing and shooting", with escalating "terrorism".

The 51 students, all in high school, were returning from a sports trip with three adult companions when the driver suddenly changed course in the San Donato Milanese area and took the pbadengers hostage.

"Nobody will go out alive here"he shouted, according to several children. Armed with two bottles of gasoline and a lighter, he threatened the boys, took out their mobile phones and attached some with seals.

"He threatened us, he said that if we move, he would turn the gasoline upside down and burn it down." He did not stop saying that there are many people in Africa who still die and that it is the fault of [Luigi] Di Maio and [Matteo] Salvini, "the two deputy prime ministers of the country, had a student.

"I lost three children to the sea", said the driver when taking hostage, according to the testimony of a teenager, published by the Italian media.

One of the students managed to call the parents, who informed the carabinieri. The police started pursuing the microphone.

The driver forced a first police cordon before be blocked by three police vehicles. When he saw the police, he set the bus on fire, while the policemen broke the windows to get the children out, who screamed and cried.

The vehicle he was totally burnedbut fortunately no one was seriously hurt. A dozen children and two of the adults were taken to the hospital because they were slightly intoxicated by the smoke.

According to his lawyer, the man explained during the interrogation that he wished "draw attention to the consequences of migration policies"of the Italian government, which has hardened with the arrival in power of the coalition between the anti-system movement Cinco Estrellas (M5S) and the party of the far right La Liga.

Sy, who obtained Italian citizenship in 2004, "acted like a lone wolf", without any connection to radical Islamism, said the head of the anti-terrorist cell of Milan, Alberto Nobili.

His actions were "premeditated" and "I wanted the whole world to talk about its history," Nobili explained. The man posted a video on YouTube explaining his action. The man had a history of driving while intoxicated and a conviction for badual abuse of a minorwho had not informed the company that had made her work as a school bus driver.

"The Ministry of the Interior is working to see if it can withdraw Italian citizenship", informed departmental sources, referring to the application of a controversial measure approved last year by Matteo Salvini to ensure security and stop the migration.