African immigrant to Italy sets fire to bus full of children

Foxnews ^ | 03/20/19 | AP

[ebshumidors]

MILAN – Italian authorities say a bus driver transporting schoolchildren stopped his vehicle on a provincial highway, told the passengers to get off and then doused the interior with gasoline and set it on fire. Italian media reported that the driver, an Italian of Senegalese origin, was immediately apprehended. The motive for the arson attack Thursday morning on the outskirts of Milan was unclear. An official told Sky TG24 that the middle school-age children alerted authorities, aiding a speedy emergency response. Twelve children and two adults were taken the hospital but authorities reported only one injury. Video showed firefighters dousing the bus that had been completely gutted by flames, leaving only the charred metal frame. ANSA said the bus was carrying about 50 children from the Lombard province of Cremona.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The driver, Ousseynou Sy, a 47-year old Senegalese service for Autoguidovie Crema, threatened the boys and poured gasoline: "Let's Linate today not nobody here gets out alive." One of the pupils had called the police, who blocked the means: all except students. The Greek prosecutor: "We evaluate also the possibility of terrorism ' Today nobody comes out of here alive ». He wanted to die and kill the kids in the burning bus launched at Linate airport. It could have been a massacre, Wednesday morning, on the provincial road Paullese (area of ​​San Donato Milanese) and not far from the city airport where he would have said "to want to make a massacre". On board a school class: 51 children from the Vailati middle school of Crema. The driver, Ousseynou Sy, Senegalese but with Italian citizenship, 47 years old, in service for the Autoguidovie di Crema, had loaded petrol cans on the vehicle: he had diverted it and aimed at the airport. "That's enough, the deaths in the Mediterranean must be stopped," he shouted, threatening the school. The alarm was given by a boy. From there the pursuit of the carabinieri started. They hooked the bus that went left and right on the Paullese. They decided to ram the vehicle, rescued the kids and arrested the 47-year-old. Man has precedents for driving while intoxicated and child sexual abuse. Kidnapping, massacre, fire and resistance. These are the crimes at the time assumed against Ousseynou Sy. "But we are evaluating all hypotheses, including that of terrorism," said the Milan prosecutor Francesco Greek. In fact, the prosecutor has clarified that Alberto Nobili, head of the anti-terrorist pool in Milan, is also dealing with the case. "It was a miracle, could be a killing, the police have been outstanding both locks is to release all the children," he added Greek. To then specify: "We wanted to interrogate him immediately, but he has burns in one arm". According to what has been reconstructed so far, the 47-year-old driver - who has Italian citizenship - should have brought the kids back to school after an outdoor sport activity. Instead he hijacked the vehicle by taking the Paullese. Turning to the pupils he would have said: "Let's go to Linate, today nobody comes out of here alive. The deaths in the Mediterranean must be stopped ». Beside it, he had two cans covered with black sacks and spilled gasoline on the hatboxes and seats. The witness Some students told their family about the terrible stages of the kidnapping. "He took the phones, but a companion managed to keep it. We had been tied up with electrician's ties. He told us that nothing would happen and every time he threatened to pour gasoline, "said one of the kidnapped girls coming out of the Margherita Hack Institute's gym. The aunt of another of the students who were on the bus, Elisabetta, said that her niece told her "that the kidnapper told the teachers to tie up the children, he confiscated all the phones". "He also said he wanted to go to Linate," he said The alarm given by a boy During the phases of the kidnapping one of the students on board called the parents who, in turn, notified the carabinieri. Immediately a series of checkpoints were triggered, while patrols reached the middle. The driver at that point forced a barrage of the carabinieri, ramming the cars, but he lost control: the bus slowed down and then ended up against the guardrail. Moments of terror When the bus crashed, Sy sprinkled the gasoline and set it on fire with a lighter. The military broke the windows and broke through the back door. While the kids and teachers started to descend, the driver blocked two of the students next to him, threatening to kill them. The carabinieri have disarmed and arrested him. He is under investigation for massacre and kidnapping.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I dn’t know why it didn’t format correctly.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Deliberately tied up the kids.
To burn them alive.

But he is such a pieceful Muslim immigrant, isn’t he?

[Rio]

When in doubt, check the foreign press...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6830639/Twelve-students-rushed-hospital-Italy-Senegalese-man-hijacked-school-bus.html

Much better coverage.

[ebshumidors]

You’d think we would see this on TV.

[Rio]

Witness aboard the bus said Sy started screaming while driving, showing a can of gasoline and a lighter.

One of the students aboard called the police who arrived quickly and stopped the bus near the junction with Peschiera Borromeo, Milan.

Officers broke the rear windows, letting the young students get off the bus while Sy set it alight.

[Rio]

Another student aboard the bus told Repubblica: ‘He was threatening us, saying if we moved he would have poured the gasoline and set a fire.

‘He kept saying that people in Africa die and it is the fault of Di Maio and Salvini.

‘Then the police saved us.’

[Gideon7]

From the UK Daily Mail article:

Witness aboard the bus said Sy started screaming while driving, showing a can of gasoline and a lighter.

One of the students aboard called the police who arrived quickly and stopped the bus near the junction with Peschiera Borromeo, Milan.

Officers broke the rear windows, letting the young students get off the bus while Sy set it alight.

[Pajamajan]

"the kids were stuck on bus or told to get off? which is accurate?"

Previous post said the kids were zip tied and rescued by police. If this is true and the media is trying to cover it up- they should not wonder why people call them the enemy of the people.

[jimjohn]

As a rule, the moment you read “no clear
motive”, you can pretty much conclude who/what is to blame.

[EODGUY]

Spectacular vetting by the Italians. Convicted of drunk driving and molestation of a minor and he gets a job as school bus driver?!

[Jane Long]

Sounds like a Nancy PeLOUSY vetting job.

[alexander_busek]

[...] sets fire to bus full of children

[...] told the passengers to get off and then doused the interior with gasoline and set it on fire.

Headline contradicts body of article.

Regards,

(Still atrocious, I know.)

[plain talk]

“Twelve children and two adults were taken the hospital but authorities reported only one injury.”

[tiki]

The Italian president sees himself as another Trump, this will give him reason to start deporting.

[BTerclinger]

Trump’s islamophobia caused this.
/s

[Daniel Ramsey]

I would never hire a Moslem.
It would be safer to make a pet rattlesnake.

[rfp1234]

http://m.ilgiornale.it/news/2019/03/20/senegalese-da-fuoco-al-bus-ora-vendico-i-morti-in-mare/1665920/

[immadashell]

An Italian of Senegalese origin. Is that like a Minnesotan of Somalian origin?

Yes, it is! Thanks for pointing that out.

[rfp1234]

Here is a rough translation from a better article from Italy.

It appears the driver did try to kill everyone inside, tied them up, spread gasoline inside and lit it on fire. Then he restarted rather bus and drove off while the bus was beginning to burn.

Throughout his actions the 47 year old immigrant ranted about seeking revenge for the Africans who died at sea while trying to reach Utaly to migrate there. He condemned the actions of Salvini, the Interior Minister who is trying to stop uncontrolled migration from Africa.

Only an alert mobile phone call from one of the kids to the police prevented a massacre. A police car pursued the burning bus and rammed it, forcing it to stop.

The kids were able to get off in time before the bus burned completely.