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Two die in Japan bullet train fire

TOKYO: A man set himself ablaze on board a moving bullet train in Japan on Tuesday, killing himself and a woman, in an unprecedented incident on a network with an enviable safety record.Several other passengers were hurt after the man doused himself in flammable liquid and sparked a cigarette lighter

By our correspondents
July 01, 2015
TOKYO: A man set himself ablaze on board a moving bullet train in Japan on Tuesday, killing himself and a woman, in an unprecedented incident on a network with an enviable safety record.
Several other passengers were hurt after the man doused himself in flammable liquid and sparked a cigarette lighter at the front of the train as it hurtled through the countryside around 70-km southwest of Tokyo.