Man dies in shinkansen suicide blaze, killing woman, hurting 10 others

Man dies in shinkansen suicide blaze, killing woman, hurting 10 others

A platform at Odawara Station on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line in the city of Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, is crowded with passengers who got out of a shinkansen bullet train upon arrival at the station. A man, believed to be a 71-year-old from Tokyo's Suginami Ward, poured oil on himself from a plastic container and set himself on fire with a lighter at the front end of the train between Shin-Yokohama and Odawara stations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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