New York: Woman dies after being set on fire on subway train

An arrest is made after a woman is set alight on a Brooklyn train by a man she was not thought to know.

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Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch described Sunday's incident as "one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being".

She said the woman was on a stationary F train when she was approached by a man who used a lighter to ignite her clothing - which became "fully engulfed in a matter of seconds". Although officers extinguished the flames, the victim died at the scene.

Police are still working to establish a possible motive for the attack. No charges have yet been filed.

Officers said the woman, who they have not named, was in a subway carriage at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station at about 07:30 local time (12:30 GMT) when a man approached her.

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