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Japan: A man sets himself alight on a bullet train

Video. Japan: A man sets himself alight on a bullet train

Updated: 30/06/2015 - 12:20 GMT+2

Two passengers on a Japanese Shinkansen bullet train died after one doused himself in oil and set himself ablaze.

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