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134 dead in Tube attack
An arson attack on an underground train in South Korea today killed at least 134, injured 136 and trapped dozens more in carriages filled with choking smoke. It is feared the death toll could rise, as fire officials said 99 people are still missing. As many as 600 passengers were on board the train when the fire started at around 10am. In the attack in the southern city of Taegu a man in a tracksuit set light to a milk carton filled with flammable liquid. "The man kept flicking a lighter and an old man told him to stop," he said. "The man dropped the lighter and the train caught fire. Several young men seized him, but the fire spread and black smoke rose. Then everyone rushed out." Except for the ones who were killed... Police were later questioning Kim Dae-han, 46, who was shown on Korean television being treated by nurses in hospital. He sat frowning on a ward bed, his face and hands smeared with soot. It quickly emerged that the arrested man has a psychiatric history. "It is not known what motivated him but we believe he is mentally ill," said police chief Suh Hyonsoo. "He is known to have been treated at a mental hospital." So now explain to me the difference between an act of lunacy and an act of terrorism... Oh, yeah. That's it. Terrorists have a support network to do this kind of thing. Lunatics do it in isolation. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-02-18 |
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