Overview

• An arrest warrant hearing for the 60-something suspect took place at the Seoul Southern District Court on June 2.
• The court is expected to rule later on whether to keep Won in custody pending trial.
• Won confessed to pouring gasoline on clothes and setting them alight aboard the Line 5 carriage to protest his divorce settlement.
• The fire sent 23 people to hospitals for smoke inhalation and required on-site treatment for 129 others while causing about 330 million won in damages.
• Police apprehended the suspect, a taxi driver upset over alimony and property division, at the scene of the incident.