Daegu subway fire
2003 subway arson in Daegu, South Korea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On February 18, 2003, an arsonist set fire to a Daegu Metro subway train as it arrived at Jungangno station in central Daegu, South Korea. The resulting blaze, which spread when a second train stopped at the same station, killed 192 people and injured another 151. It remains the deadliest loss of life in a single deliberate incident in South Korean peacetime history, surpassing the 1982 shooting rampage committed by Woo Bum-kon.
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Location | Jungangno station, Daegu, South Korea |
Date | February 18, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-02-18) 9:53 a.m. (KST) |
Target | Daegu Metropolitan Subway |
Attack type | Arson, mass murder, attempted suicide attack |
Weapons | Two milk cartons filled with a flammable liquid |
Deaths | 192 |
Injured | 151+ (including the perpetrator) |
Perpetrator | Kim Dae-han |
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