The new york police arrested a man allegedly accused of setting fire to and killing a woman in the metro de Brooklynan incident that he described as “one of the most perverse crimes” that can be committed.
According to the information, last Sunday, December 22 In the morning, the man “calmly approached the victim” on the F subway line in the Brooklyn borough and set him on fire, New York Police Department Chief Jessica Tisch said at a press conference.
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“He used what we believe was a lighter to set the victim’s clothing on fire, which was completely engulfed in flames in a matter of seconds,” the officer said.
He added that after the warning, agents quickly went to the scene and put out the flames with a fire extinguisher.
“Unfortunately, it was too late and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene,” Tisch noted.
The suspect is a Guatemalan man who immigrated to the United States in 2018, according to police.
After publicly disseminating his photo, the authorities received an alert from three students high school and arrested him at a Manhattan station.
The police obtained a clear photo of the suspect through the cameras. He “had stayed in place, sitting on a bench on the platform just outside the train car.”
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Authorities believe the victim and suspect did not know each other. According to the New York Police Department, “There was no interaction between the two. when the incident occurred.”
Through social networks, the video of the moment of the attack was spread, generating enormous indignation among users due to the cruel event.
(With information from AFP)
🔴New York: An American woman burns to death in a subway car after being set on fire by a Guatemalan immigrant. pic.twitter.com/QpMANwcKya
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