More than 200 people are feared dead today after a man started a fire on an underground train in South Korea's third-largest city.
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South Korean rescue workers check the subway train destroyed by a fireat a subway station in Daegu.
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Officials said 130 bodies had been recovered and 99 people were still missing hours after the attack.
Firefighters said dozens of charred bodies still lay in the wreckage of two trains that were engulfed in Daegu, one of last year's football World Cup venues.
The fire started in one six-carriage train at a station, igniting seats and spreading to another train also stopped at the station.
More than 130 people were rushed to hospitals around Daegu, 200 miles south-east of the capital Seoul.
A man was arrested, but police said they had no clue what his motive was. Witnesses said Mr Kim Dae-han (56) was carrying a milk carton filled with flammable material when he boarded the train.
"The man kept flickering a lighter and an old man told him to stop. The man dropped the lighter and the train caught fire," one male survivor said.
"Several young men seized him, but the fire spread and black smoke rose. Then everyone rushed out.
"When the man tried to use a cigarette lighter to light the box, some passengers tied to stop him. Apparently a scuffle erupted and the box exploded into flames," a police spokesman said.
Firefighters took three hours to put out the fire, which sent thick black smoke pouring from the entrance of one station.
Reports suggest the arson suspect worked as truck driver and had once threatened to burn down a hospital where he had received unsatisfactory treatment.
Daegu, one of the 10 World Cup football venues last year, is home to 2.5 million people. The city is also a venue for this year's World University Games on August 21st-31st.
AP