An 11-year-old boy has been accused of setting a school bus on fire while hanging out with his young friends in Brooklyn.
According to WABC, the police said the incident happened about 6pm on Sunday night outside a Jewish elementary school on Lefferts Avenue in the Crown Heights section adding that there were six boys on the bus.
Eyewitnesses said the privately owned school bus went up in flames and thick black smoke in just a matter of minutes.
Others capture the dangerous scene on their cell phones as firefighters work to put out the flames.
The 11-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and arson as a hate crime. The Police are looking for the other four boys between the ages of 10 to 15 involved in the incident.
However, no one was injured in the incident.
According to WABC, the police said the incident happened about 6pm on Sunday night outside a Jewish elementary school on Lefferts Avenue in the Crown Heights section adding that there were six boys on the bus.
Eyewitnesses said the privately owned school bus went up in flames and thick black smoke in just a matter of minutes.
Others capture the dangerous scene on their cell phones as firefighters work to put out the flames.
The 11-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and arson as a hate crime. The Police are looking for the other four boys between the ages of 10 to 15 involved in the incident.
However, no one was injured in the incident.
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