[TheCruxofBag]

At least four people died in a suspected arson attack on a passenger train in Bangladesh, police said, the eve of a general election that the main opposition party is boycotting. In addition to the deaths, eight were injured when fire spread to four compartments of the Dhaka-bound Benapole Express around 9 pm on Friday.

A spokesman for the BNP party - which is boycotting the election - said the incident was "undoubtedly an act of sabotage and cruelty against humanity", blaming the ruling party for it.

Police said investigations were underway, and that it did appear that the train was deliberately set on fire. Last month, police blamed the BNP after protestors set fire to a train, killing four, although the BNP described the accusations as baseless, designed to legitimise anti-opposition crackdowns by the ruling party.

According to some sources, the man in the photos/video below refused to come out of the train as he had witnessed his wife and/or child burn to death.

[Mr.NoCredit]

He popped!

[CombatVet]

Every time I see something like this I’m torn between the thought of someone dying and in dire need of help seeing people standing by recording with their phones and my appetite for watching those videos

[kellyhound]

weird that throwing a fire extinghuiser at a burning train didn't kill the fire immediately.

[RoadRash]

Wow that thing really went up in flames. Like dry kindling

[Marsofwar]

Looks like a zombie horror film.

[HIGHTECHDUDE]

Ain't politics wonderful⸮

[OmniJackal]

Originally Posted by CombatVet ↗

Every time I see something like this I’m torn between the thought of someone dying and in dire need of help seeing people standing by recording with their phones and my appetite for watching those videos

No good deed goes unpunished. And it’s not good to interfere with nature. Observe and record. The windows to either side of him are open. He chose wrong.

RIP

[Mr_Shlaapu]

[docfr8]

He was just hanging out