Italy school bus set ablaze with 51 children

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A Senegalese man abducted 51 children when he hijacked an Italian school bus and set the vehicle alight in a protest over migrant deaths in the Mediterranean.

Ousseynou Sy, originally Senegalese but with Italian citizenship, stopped the bus he was driving, with two classes of high school students on board.

He was said to have ordered the children's hands to be bound and threatened to kill them and himself during the drive, before setting the vehicle on fire when he was stopped by a police blockade today.

Officers broke the glass in the back door of the bus and got all the passengers to safety without serious injury before the flames destroyed the vehicle, authorities said. (Daily Mail)

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S.sangaralingham Thursday, 21 March 2019 09:18 AM

Coward and lunatic. A case of extreme psychopath related to migrants affairs

Buddhist Thursday, 21 March 2019 04:26 PM

Are we human anymore?

Puvana Rajah Friday, 22 March 2019 04:56 AM

oh My God ruthless Driver

Edirisinghe Friday, 22 March 2019 07:54 AM

Donald Trump is very correct.

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