Twelve students are rushed to hospital in after Senegalese man hijacked ...

Twelve students have been rushed to hospital in Italy after a man stopped their school bus and set it alight shortly after. 

Ousseynou Sy, originally Senegalese but with Italian citizenship, halted the bus he was driving, with aboard two classes of 51 high school students.

Everybody managed to get off with the help of police when he set the bus alight, threatening to kill himself.

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The remains of the bus in San Donato Milanese, near Milan, which was set alight this morning

The remains of the bus in San Donato Milanese, near Milan, which was set alight this morning

Firefighters and police officers attended the scene after a student aboard called the police

Firefighters and police officers attended the scene after a student aboard called the police

The incident happened in San Donato Milanese, a town near Milan, Italy.

The 47-year-old father of two, whose ex-wife is Italian, has been arrested and charged with carnage and kidnapping, worsened by the fact that most of the people involved are under age.  

Nobody was seriously injured, but twelve students were rushed to hospital for a principle of intoxication.

Two adults and the driver have also been brought to hospital. 

The 47-year-old driver set the bus alight and then he threatened to kill himself, saying deaths in the Mediterranean must be stopped

The 47-year-old driver set the bus alight and then he threatened to kill himself, saying deaths in the Mediterranean must be stopped

Massimo Traetta, who was driving in the opposite lane, witnessed and filmed the scene, showing the children running away from the bus after the police arrived to attend the incident. 

The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reports that, before inflaming the bus, the man shouted: 'I want to be done,

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