Horror as woman dies after being set on fire & burned alive while sleeping on NYC subway as attacker ‘watched her die’
A WOMAN suffered a horrific death after she was set on fire while asleep on a New York subway.
The attacker calmly watched his victim burn to death after setting her ablaze at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station in Brooklyn in front of shocked commuters.
The man was brazenly sitting on a nearby bench while police officers were desperately trying to find out what happened shouting ", “Did anybody see anything? Did anybody see anything?”
The officers used fire extinguishers to put out the fire and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders.
She was found with liquor bottles surrounding her, though it was not immediately clear if they played any part in the fire, sources said.
Transit police apprehended the suspect after receiving a report from three high school students who had recognized the man.
Other transit officers identified the man on another subway train and radioed ahead to the next station
They had seen images of the suspect taken from surveillance and police body cam video and widely distributed by police.
Other transit officers identified the man on another subway train and radioed ahead to the next station.
"I didn’t see her in flames but that’s what I heard. It was out. They shut the lights off [in the car] so nobody could see."
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Police said they were still investigating the victim's identity and the reason for the attack.