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		</div><p>A bus driver in northern Italy abducted 51 schoolchildren and took them on an hour-long drive, then set the vehicle on fire when he was stopped by a Carabinieri blockade, officials have said.</p>
<p>Officers broke the glass in the back door of the bus and got all the passengers to safety without serious injury before the flames destroyed the vehicle.</p>
<p>As he was apprehended, the driver said he was protesting over migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, commander Luca De Marchis said.</p>
<p>Mr De Marchis told Sky24 TV that the driver, an Italian citizen of Senegalese origin in his forties, threatened the passengers, telling them that “no-one would survive” as he commandeered the bus carrying two classes in Cremona province, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Milan.</p>
<figure id="attachment_128361" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-128361" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CC2FE03D-0F4B-4952-B1F4-3E8A4A710C2B.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-128361" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CC2FE03D-0F4B-4952-B1F4-3E8A4A710C2B.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-128361" class="wp-caption-text">The gutted remains of the bus in San Donato Milanese</figcaption></figure>
<p>An adult called an emergency operator, while one of the students called a parent, and they alerted authorities, who set up roadblocks.</p>
<p>The bus was intercepted on the outskirts of Milan by three Carabinieri vehicles, which were able to force it into the guard rail, Mr De Marchis said.</p>
<p>“While two officers kept the driver busy – he took a lighter and threatened to set fire to the vehicle with a gasoline canister on board – the others forced open the back door,” Mr De Marchis said.</p>
<p>While the evacuation was under way, the driver started the blaze.</p>
<p>Mr De Marchis credited the officers’ “swiftness and courage” for getting out all the children and their teachers “with no tragic consequences”.</p>
<figure id="attachment_128362" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-128362" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/4A9453DD-7C1D-4560-9623-EAD64467500F.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-128362" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/4A9453DD-7C1D-4560-9623-EAD64467500F.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-128362" class="wp-caption-text">Firefighters and police officers near the burnt-out bus</figcaption></figure>
<p>Some of the passengers were treated in hospital, mostly for cuts and scratches related to the evacuation, he said.</p>
<p>The driver, who lives in Cremona and is married with two children, was being treated for burns.</p>
<p>Sky TG24 said the driver had worked for the bus company for 15 years without any employment-related issues.</p>
<p>Mr De Marchis said he had previous convictions but did not specify their nature other than to say they were not serious crimes.</p>
<p>Video showed firefighters dousing the bus that had been completely gutted by flames, leaving only the charred metal frame.</p>
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