The day: School bus drivers sentenced to long terms for taking hostages

He brought 51 students into his power and threatened them with death: because of the Kidnapping a school bus In March 2019, an Italian was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Wednesday. A Milan court found the defendant Ousseynou Sy guilty of violent detention with terrorist intent, Italian media reported.

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The Italian, who comes from Senegal, had the school bus near Milan With Poured petrol on fire. According to his own statement, he wanted to draw attention to the death of African refugees in the Mediterranean.

The youngsters were saved at the last minute. Two students on board the bus managed to alert the police. The police then blocked the bus southeast of Milan and smashed its rear windows. While the vehicle went up in flames, they brought the children to safety.

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