Prosecutors on Monday charged 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson in connection with the death of a woman who died after being set on fire in a New York City subway train a day earlier.

A man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train and then watching her die has been arraigned.

New York City police have arrested a man on murder and arson charges in the death of a woman who was set on fire inside a subway train.

The 33-year-old man used a lighter to ignite the clothes of a woman who appeared to be sleeping on a stationary train

Calil, 33, of Guatemala was charged Monday afternoon with murder after authorities say he approached a woman on a train in Brooklyn and ignited her clothes.