Italy: kidnapped a school bus with 51 boys on board and set it on fire for revenge

It arrived in Milan, Italy. Fortunately, all pbadengers were unhurt and the driver was arrested. He said he wanted to avenge the death of African immigrants in the Mediterranean before setting the vehicle on fire.

Italian police rescued Wednesday 51 students taken hostage and threatened with death on a school bus by their driver, an Italian of Senegalese origin who said he wanted to avenge the death of African immigrants in the Mediterranean before putting the fire to vehicle.

Fortunately, no one was injured. "It's a miracle, it could have been a mbadacre.The carabineers acted exceptionally, blocking the bus and saving all the children," said Francesco Greco, prosecutor in Milan, in the north of the country. ;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 fellow adults when the driver suddenly changed course in the San Donato Milanese area and took the pbadengers hostage.

"No one is going to get out of here alive," 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 moved, he would turn the gas on and set it on fire, I did not stop saying that there are many people in Africa who are still dying and that it's the fault of [Luigi] Di Maio and [Matteo] Salvini, "the two deputy prime ministers of the country, had a student.

"I lost three children at sea," said the driver when taking hostage, according to a teenager's testimony, published by 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 being 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 was completely burned, but fortunately no one was seriously injured. 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 his interrogation that he wished to "draw attention to the consequences of the migration policy" of the Italian government, which has hardened with the Came to power in the coalition between the anti-system Five Star (M5S) movement and the government. the right wing party of the League.

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 "he wanted the whole world to talk about his story," Nobili said. The man posted a video on YouTube explaining his action. The man had a history of driving while intoxicated and had been convicted for badually abusing a minor, who had not informed the company that had entrusted him with a driver job school bus.

"The Ministry of the Interior uses it to determine if it can withdraw Italian citizenship," ministry sources said, citing the implementation of a controversial measure approved by the government. 39 last year by Matteo Salvini to ensure security and curb migration.

Source: TN

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