The driver threatened the children and their guardians, warning 'no-one would survive'.
A bus driver in Italy abducted more than 50 children, had their hands bound and set fire to the vehicle they were in to"protest" the deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean.
After police forced the bus to stop, officers broke the glass of the back door of the burning bus, allowing all 51 children and their chaperones to escape from the bus without any serious injuries. The driver, an Italian citizen of Senegalese origin in his forties, said he was protesting over migrant deaths, commander Luca De Marchis told local media.
Local media named him as Ousseynou Sy and said he was being investigated on suspicion of kidnapping, intention to commit mass murder, arson and resisting law enforcement.Mr De Marchis told Sky24 TV the driver had told his passengers"no-one would survive".A student told local news the driver confiscated phones and ordered guardians on the bus to tie the students' hands with cable ties - but that one pupil managed to hide their phone.
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