Woman Burnt to Death in New York Subway Car as Suspect Watched

As the train pulled into the station, the suspect calmly walked up to the victim, who was in a seated position at the end of a subway car … and used what we believe to be a lighter to ignite the victim’s clothing, which became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds.”

At a press conference, Tisch described the heinous incident, saying, as reported by New York Post

Governor Hochul, a rider was set on fire on the F train and she died. What on Earth is going on?!?

one user wrote

It's a frequent occurrence - not like this, setting people on fire - but like the mugging, the killings, the fighting, the shootings - they're really common nowadays,

Gureyev said

Since deploying the @NationalGuardNY to support @NYPDnews and @MTA safety efforts and adding cameras to all subway cars, crime is going down, and ridership is going up,

she added, making no mention of the woman who was burned alive

New Yorkers came through again,

said New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who described the case as "one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being."

What they saw was a person standing inside the train car fully engulfed in flames,

New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press conference

There is no room in a civilised society for people like him to be walking around,

Michael Kemper, Chief Security Officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said at the briefing

Melissa DeRosaformer Secretary

2 people were murdered in the subway today,

DeRosa wrote

Kathy Hochulgovernor

You must have missed today’s news,

Mills said bluntly to Hochul

In March, I took action to make our subways safer for the millions of people who take the trains each day,

Hochul's post read

I was just walking by. The police was there already. I didn’t see her in flames but that’s what I heard. It was out. They shut the lights off [in the car] so nobody could see,

the worker told the Post

Grateful to the young New Yorkers and transit officers who stepped up to help our NYPD make a quick arrest following this morning's heinous and deadly subway attack,

Adams wrote

Unbeknownst to the officers who responded, the suspect had stayed on the scene and was seated on a bench on the platform just outside the train car, and the body-worn cameras on the responding officers produced a very clear detailed look at the killer,

Tisch said

This apprehension was another in what has become a series of joint efforts involving different crimes between the police and the public we serve. In today's case, we were able to get incredibly clear and detailed images of the suspect from the initial incident."

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said to reporters

I want to thank the young people who called 911 to help,

Tisch said