TOKYO, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- A man was arrested on suspicion of attempting to start a fire on a shinkansen bullet train in southwestern Japan on Monday morning, local media reported.
Kiyoshi Miyake, 69, from Fukuoka, was arrested at the scene, the police said. According to Kyushu Railway Co., no injuries were reported on the train from Hiroshima bound for Kagoshima-Chuo Station, which was running in Kumamoto Prefecture at the time of the incident around 8:40 a.m. local time.
The incident caused some shinkansen services temporarily to be suspended, resulting in delays of up to 50 minutes and affecting around 900 passengers.
The suspect was quoted as telling the prefectural police that he "wanted to imitate" the recent knife and arson attack on a train in Tokyo after seeing the related news.
In the Oct. 31 incident, a man wearing a costume reminiscent of Batman's villain the Joker injured 17 people during the attack on a Keio Line train. Suspect Kyota Hattori, who adores the Joker, has told investigators that he wanted to kill people and be given the death penalty. Enditem