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A Guatemalan migrant was arrested on Sunday for allegedly setting a sleeping woman on fire on a New York subway train, leading to her death.
The horrifying incident occurred at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station around 7:30 a.m. The woman was asleep when the suspect allegedly set her clothing ablaze, causing fatal injuries.
Authorities apprehended the suspect after a member of the public identified him on a train at 34th Street in Manhattan. Michael Kemper, the chief of security for the city’s transportation authority, confirmed during a Sunday news conference that a “person of interest is in custody.”
“There must be strong, swift consequences for this person,” Kemper said. “There is no room in civilized society for people like him to be walking around.”
The suspect has not yet been formally charged with a crime.
The POS arrested for lighting a sleeping woman on fire in the NYC subway is a Guatemalan illegal.
Just today Gov. Kathy Hochul was raving about how safe the subways are. pic.twitter.com/1l786GWyJZ
— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) December 22, 2024
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the suspect’s actions as chillingly deliberate.
“The man calmly