日本新干线动车发生乘客自焚事件
Two passengers on a Japanese Shinkansen bullet train died after one doused himself in oil and set himself ablaze on Tuesday.
周二，日本一列新干线动车上，一位乘客将身体浸上燃油并自焚，导致包括他在内的两名乘客死亡。
37-year-old businessman Akira Takamuro said he smelled the smoke as the incident occurred.
"Passengers evacuated from the cars in front of us. And then I smelled the smoke. I don't know if the smell came from the clothes of the evacuated passengers or because the door between the carriages opened. But I sensed the strong smell in the sixth car that we were on."
The train carrying about 1,000 passengers was on its way from Tokyo to the western city of Osaka.
It made an emergency stop after smoke started to fill at least one carriage.
No immediate indication of any possible motive for the man's actions is available as of now.