As he was apprehended, the driver said he was protesting migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, Commander Luca De Marchis told Sky TG24. ANSA quoted one of the students as saying the driver took all their phones and ordered the chaperones to bind the students' hands with cable ties, threatening to spill gas and set the bus ablaze. The bus was intercepted on the outskirts of Milan by three Carabinieri vehicles, which were able to force it into the guardrail, De Marchis said. Sky TG24 said that the driver had worked for the bus company for 15 years without any employment-related issues. Video showed firefighters dousing the bus that had been completely gutted by flames, leaving only the charred metal frame.

Source: Stuff March 20, 2019 17:34 UTC