ITALY: Bus attack hero wins citizenship

A boy who saved his classmates from an alleged school bus hijacker will be granted Italian citizenship, deputy PM Matteo Salvini has said. Ramy Shehata, 13, raised the alarm on his hidden phone when the driver seized them from other pupils. He and 50 other children escaped the vehicle before it was set alight near […]

A boy who saved his classmates from an alleged school bus hijacker will be granted Italian citizenship, deputy PM Matteo Salvini has said.

Ramy Shehata, 13, raised the alarm on his hidden phone when the driver seized them from other pupils.

He and 50 other children escaped the vehicle before it was set alight near Milan.

Mr Salvini said the buy should be rewarded with citizenship for his heroics, Ansa news agency reports.

“Yes to citizenship for Ramy,” Mr Salvini told Ansa.