A fishy has been arrested successful New York implicit the decease of a pistillate who was acceptable connected occurrence connected a subway bid successful Brooklyn.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the incidental connected Sunday arsenic "one of the astir depraved crimes 1 idiosyncratic could perchance perpetrate against different quality being".
She said the pistillate was sleeping connected a stationary F bid to Brooklyn erstwhile she was approached by the fishy who utilized a lighter to ignite her clothing.
The unfortunate died astatine the scene, she said, adding that the fishy had been taken into custody aft helium was detained connected different subway train.
Police said the woman, who has not been named, was sleeping successful a subway carriage astatine the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue presumption successful Brooklyn astatine astir 07:30 section clip (12:30 GMT) erstwhile a antheral approached her.
There was nary enactment earlier the attack, constabulary said, adding that they did not judge the 2 radical knew each other.
The antheral got disconnected the bid arsenic constabulary officers connected patrol successful the presumption rushed to the fire.
"What they saw was a idiosyncratic lasting wrong the bid car afloat engulfed successful flames," Ms Tisch said.
Police are inactive moving to place the unfortunate and the motive for the attack.