Passenger on Japanese bullet train dies after setting himself on fire

A Shinkansen train.
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A man died on Tuesday after setting himself on fire while riding a bullet train from Tokyo.

Another passenger on the train went into cardiac arrest, Reuters reports, and two others were seriously injured. The man is believed to have been in his 30s, and was found covered in a flammable liquid, officials said. The train was headed to Osaka with 1,000 passengers when someone hit the emergency button and the passenger was discovered. Local media is airing footage showing passengers streaming out of a train carriage filled with smoke.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.