Daegu subway fire

Daegu subway fire
Firemen inspect the wreckage of a train car post-fire
LocationJungangno station, Daegu, South Korea
DateFebruary 18, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-02-18)
9:53 a.m. (KST)
TargetDaegu Metropolitan Subway
Attack type
Arson, mass murder, attempted suicide attack
WeaponsTwo milk cartons filled with a flammable liquid
Deaths192
Injured151+ (including the perpetrator)
PerpetratorKim Dae-han
VerdictLife imprisonment
ConvictionsHomicide (192 counts)
Arson

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.