Furious commuters in Argentina have set fire to a train over delays during the morning rush hour. Television images showed black smoke and flames engulfing the train at the station of Merlo, in the western suburbs of the capital, Buenos Aires. At nearby Castelar, passengers hurled stones at the ticket office and blocked the rails.
Many passengers said the delays, caused by a broken-down train, had cost them a day's work.
Justice Minister Anibal Fernandez said the faulty train's brakes had been sabotaged and leftist political activists took rocks and flares from their backpacks to incite violence and set the train aflame.
"This was planned, it was premeditated," Mr Fernandez said, adding the fire caused nearly $8 million in damage to the newest train running on the heavily traveled line.
Police arrested seven people on theft charges during the incidents, he said.
Argentina's dilapidated rail services are plagued by delays and travelers' anger has erupted into violence before.
Somehow i can't see that happening on the 7.40 am from Surbiton !
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