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A 13-year-old boy called Ramy
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Sy worked as a bus driver since 2004. His licence was suspended in 2007 for drink driving. In 2010 he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl, and received an 18-month suspended sentence in 2018. In the aftermath of his hijack, Italy called for regular checks on school bus drivers' criminal records, as
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was hijacked by its driver
Ousseynou Sy, who attempted to set it on fire. Sy, whose origins are Senegalese, said his motive was to avenge the deaths of African migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. Police freed the children before he set the vehicle on fire. In July 2020, he was sentenced to 24 years in
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Islamic extremism. He had sent videos to friends telling Africans to "rise up", and had bought petrol and restraints in preparation. He was of sound mind when committing the crimes.
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broke the rear windows to free those on board, at which point Sy lit a lighter and torched the bus. Twelve children were hospitalised with shock, bruising or smoke inhalation.
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was returning from the gymnasium with 51 children, two teachers and a janitor on board when Sy doused the aisle with petrol and announced that he was hijacking it towards
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In July 2020, Sy was convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison. In his statement, he denied wrongdoing and railed against
Salvini.
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Some on board managed to ring the police, who attempted to block the bus and to negotiate with Sy. The
179:"Qui est Ousseynou Sy, le Sénégalais qui a brûlé un bus chargé d'enfants en Italie ? (photos)"
356:[Sy, of sound mind, on Monday the trial resumes] (in Italian). Crema News. 29 June 2020
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208:"Chi è Ousseynou Sy, lʼautista dello scuolabus della tentata strage"
109:"More than 50 children held hostage on bus in migrant death protest"
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332:"Italy: Bus driver abducts 51 children, sets vehicle on fire"
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prison for forced confinement with terrorist intent.
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