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Daegu subway fire
Firemen inspect the wreckage of a train car post-fire
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
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.
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...
143 people were injured. On 18 February 2003, the Daegusubwayfire broke out when an arsonist set fire to a train during the rush hour, killing 192 people...
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started in 2002). Major and minor refurbishments are listed below. The Daegusubwayfire compelled Korail to introduce flame-resistant interiors for passenger...
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