On 20 March 2019, a school bus in Crema, Italy 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.[1] Police freed the children before he set the vehicle on fire. In July 2020, he was sentenced to 24 years in prison for forced confinement with terrorist intent.[2][3]
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