Driver hijacks school bus in Italy and sets it on fire, children escape unhurt

A bus full of schoolchildren was hijacked and set on fire by its own driver in a protest against migrant drownings in the Mediterranean, Italian authorities said. All 51 children managed to escape unharmed before the bus was set alight near Milan. Police named the driver as Ousseynou Sy, a 47-year-old Italian citizen of Senegalese origin.