A Senegalese migrant set a bus full of young children on fire in Italy this week as part of a pro-refugee protest.

The bus was taking a group of children home after outdoor activities in Crema before the driver, 47-year-old Ousseynou Sy, decided to change the route.

After Ousseynou began threatening the children with a knife, one of the children managed to call their parents, who in turn alerted the police.

Infowars.com reports: Authorities then set up road blocks in an effort to stop the driver, who then proceeded to ram the bus into them.

After losing control of the bus, Sy stopped the vehicle, poured gasoline on it and set it ablaze.