MILAN (AP) — A bus driver in northern Italy abducted 51 children and their school chaperones Wednesday, threatening the hostages’ lives for 40 minutes and setting the bus on fire at a Carabinieri blockade. Prosecutors said they have found no evidence of Islamic radicalization or ties to extremists, saying it appeared the bus driver acted alone. The driver threatened the passengers, telling them “no one would survive today” as he commandeered the bus, De Marchis said. FLAVIO LO SCALZO via Getty Images Forensic police and firefighters work by the wreckage of the school bus. One of the middle school students described his terror in an interview with La Repubblica TV, his face obscured due to his age.

Source: Huffington Post March 21, 2019 10:18 UTC