A woman has died after being set on fire on the subway in New York, police have said.The woman had been sleeping on a stationary subway train when a man had approached her, set her on fire using a lighter and then left the subway car at around 7.30am on Sunday.
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00:00A woman has died after being set on fire on the subway in New York.
00:04According to police, she was sleeping on a stationary subway train when a man approached her,
00:08set her on fire using a lighter and then left the carriage at around 7.30am on Sunday.
00:14Police arrested a suspect as he rode the subway later on Sunday.
00:18Detectives are still investigating the victim's identity and the reason for the attack.
00:21There was apparently no interaction before the incident
00:24and police do not believe the two people knew each other.
00:27Officers on a routine patrol discovered her on fire after they apparently smelled smoke
00:32and noticed some commotion on the platform.
00:34After the fire was extinguished,
00:35emergency services declared the unidentified woman dead at the scene.
00:39Police said in a written statement they were asking for the public's assistance in the case,
00:42which is being investigated as a homicide.
00:44A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information.