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Woman set on fire on New York City subway dies

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A woman was set on fire on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York, resulting in her death. The incident occurred around 7:30 a.m. on an F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station. The attacker is believed to have used a lighter to ignite the woman's clothing while she was asleep. Surveillance footage suggests the victim and assailant were on the train together. The NYPD has identified the suspect as Sebastian Zapeta, a 35-year-old migrant from Guatemala who had previously entered the US in 2018. The police commissioner described the crime as "one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit" and an arrest was made following a tip-off from high school students.

  1. US
    Kathy Hochul
    Democratic Party
    1. In March, I took action to make our subways safer for the millions of people who take the trains each day.
    2. Since deploying the [national guard] to support [New York police] and [Metropolitan Transportation Authority] safety efforts and adding cameras to all subway cars, crime is going down, and ridership is going up.
  2. US
    Joseph Gulotta
    New York Police Department
    1. Our officers … stopped that train in Herald Square and were able to keep the doors closed, walk the train and place this very dangerous individual in custody.
  3. US
    Jessica Tisch
    New York Police Department
    1. Officers were on patrol on an upper level of that station, smelled and saw smoke and went to investigate.
    2. 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.
    3. I want to thank the young people who called 911 to help. They saw something, and they said something, and they did something.

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sources

  1. 1.CTV News
  2. 2.The Times
  3. 3.BBC
  4. 4.The Guardian
  5. 5.South China Morning Post
  6. 6.The Times of India
  7. 7.CNN
  8. 8.New Yorker
  9. 9.New York Post

perspectives

  1. 1.Immigration to the US
  2. 2.Crimes
  3. 3.Homicide
  4. 4.Fire

countries

  1. 1.GuatemalaGT
  2. 2.IsraelIL

organizations

  1. 1.Metropolitan Transportation Authority
  2. 2.New York Police DepartmentUS
  3. 3.US Immigration and Customs EnforcementUS
  4. 4.Democratic PartyUS
  5. 5.Samaritan Daytop Village
  6. 6.TeslaUS
  7. 7.US Homeland Security DepartmentUS

persons

  1. 1.Sebastian Zapeta
  2. 2.Jessica TischUS
  3. 3.Kathy HochulUS
  4. 4.Joseph GulottaUS
  5. 5.Austin Glickman
  6. 6.Daniel PennyUS
  7. 7.Elon MuskUS
  8. 8.Jeff Carter
  9. 9.Jordan Neely
  10. 10.Roger Boyes
  11. 11.Alex Gureyev
  12. 12.Andrew Cuomo

technicals

  1. 1.Coney Island
  2. 2.Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue
  3. 3.Empire State Building
Woman set on fire on New York City subway dies