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Surveillance footage released by the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office on Tuesday (June 25) captured the moment a man lit a fire on a packed subway in the South Korean capital last month.

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00:00Surveillance footage released by the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday
00:04captured the moment a man lit a fire on a packed subway in the South Korean capital last month.
00:10The footage showed passengers fleeing after the suspect doused the floor of a carriage
00:15on the Seoul subway line, five with flammable liquid, before setting it ablaze on the morning
00:21of May 31st. In the video, one passenger trying to escape was seen slipping and falling on the
00:27floor moments before the fire was lit. The smoke drifts into an adjacent carriage,
00:33packed with commuters, before people are seen escaping through the doors.
00:38Six people were injured, according to the prosecutor's office. No deaths were reported.
00:44Investigators said the suspect, driven by delusions over a divorce ruling, meticulously planned the
00:50arson by purchasing gasoline, disposing of his assets, and scouting major Seoul subway stations
00:56the day before the attack. The prosecutor's office said on Tuesday it indicted the 67-year-old man
01:04on charges of attempted murder and arson.

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