The man arrested on murder and arson charges in the death of a woman who was set on fire inside a subway train has been arraigned, while police said the identity of the victim was still “pending.”

Police arrested a man they said set a woman on fire while she appeared to be asleep on a New York City subway train on Sunday morning, killing her. The woman, who has not been identified, sat motionlessly aboard a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn at about 7:30 a.

A suspect is in custody after the incident on an F train in Brooklyn on Sunday morning. Officers found a woman "fully engulfed in flames."

A court hearing is scheduled for the man accused of setting a woman on fire on a New York City subway train and fanning the flames with a shirt as she burned to death.

The victim appeared to be asleep when the assailant approached her on Sunday in Brooklyn and set her clothes on fire using a lighter, police say.View on euronews

The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been indicted on state charges, a prosecutor said on Friday.The development comes days after Sebastian Zapeta’s arrest and police questioning,

The man accused of lighting a woman on fire in a New York City subway car has been indicted on murder and arson charges.

A grand jury has indicted the man accused of fatally setting a woman on fire a New York City subway train, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced. Investigators said Sebastian Zapeta, 33,

The man accused of killing a woman who was sleeping on a New York City subway car by setting her on fire was indicted by a grand jury on Friday of murder and arson charges, prosecutors announced.

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said that a grand jury having to watch video of a woman burning to death on the subway was "very hard to deal with."