TAEGU, South Korea -- Angry relatives of victims of a subway fire attack confronted South Korean President-elect Roh Moo Hyun on Thursday as he visited the scene in Taegu city where 126 people died and up to 340 are missing.
Roh, 56, who is to take office Tuesday, visited the central subway station where two trains were gutted by fire Tuesday and toured hospitals to comfort some of the 131 people receiving treatment for injuries.
The man blamed for starting the fire -- and whom police said had ignited the blaze in a suicide attempt -- is reportedly under heavy security in the same hospital as some of the survivors and is suffering from light burns.