School children held hostage in burning bus in protest over Italy's treatment of migrants
Firefighters and police officers stand by the gutted remains of a bus in San Donato Milanese, near Milan, Italy, today
A BUS in Italy carrying 51 students and their chaperones was hijacked and set on fire on Wednesday in an apparent protest against government immigration policy.
The secondary school students were returning from a sporting event when the driver changed the route and announced that he had taken them all hostage.
During the 40-minute ordeal, the driver threatened the lives of everyone on board, took their phones and tied them up with electric cable.
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