Disturbing Video: Sleeping Woman Set on Fire on New York Subway, Man Arrested

New York: In a disturbing incident, a woman was burned to death after a man set her on fire while she was traveling on a subway in New York. The incident reportedly took place around 7:30 a.m. on an idling F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station when the man threw a lit match at her, causing her to catch fire. He allegedly watched as the victim burned to death.

Reports suggest that the accused, a migrant from Guatemala, was arrested after NYPD officers rushed to the spot after receiving reports of a fire at the subway station shortly after.

He allegedly entered the US in 2018 through Arizona. He had no prior criminal record in New York City and did not know the victim.

The woman was declared dead at the scene.

According to reports, the suspect entered the subway and walked toward the victim, who was seated and sleeping. The accused threw a match at her, and after the attack, he fled the station. The motive behind the attack remains unclear. After exiting the subway, the suspect is seen sitting on a bench, watching her burn.

The woman appeared to have been sleeping when the man, in his 20s, seated across from her, approached and threw the match. The suspect fled the station, and the motive behind the attack remains unknown.

The incident shocked commuters as the woman’s charred body was carried out of the station inside a black body bag just after 1 p.m.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the crime as “one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being.”