Two people have reportedly died after an apparent suicide bid started a fire aboard a bullet train in Japan. According to a Japan rail spokesperson a man had poured flammable liquid over himself, before setting himself alight in a toilet in the front carriage. Kyodo news agency, quoting an eyewitness, identified one man dead as being the man who behind the self-immolation. A woman was found nearby lying immobile, having suffered heart failure., according to local media.
There has been no immediate indication of the motive of the man’s actions. The train, carrying around 1,000 passengers made an emergency stop on its way from Tokyo to Osaka when smoke began to fill a carriage.
INC News, 30/06/2015 - via Euronews
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