Italy: Bus driver takes 51 kids hostage, sets vehicle on fire
24 March 2019 |
11:43 am
All of the children on board a hijacked school bus that was set on fire in northern Italy have escaped unscathed. Police said the man who took the vehicle claimed he wanted migrant deaths at sea to come to an end.
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