According to the Associated Press, a man rose from the F train stopped at Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station at 7:30 a.m. local time on the 22nd, approached a woman opposite him, threw a match, and lit a fire.Fire authorities who received the
report immediately went to the scene to extinguish the fire, but the victim was reported to have died at the scene.
"What police and firefighters saw was a person standing in a train in flames," said New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
The police released a video of the suspect and made a compensation of $10,000 and about 15 million won in our money to be wanted.
At that time, the suspect was confirmed to have watched the victim burn to death on the platform after committing the crime.
The suspect also encountered an officer who was controlling the scene, but reportedly left the scene with a hooded hat on.
The suspect was identified as Sebastian Zapeta, a migrant from Guatemala.
Zapeta has a history of being detained by border patrol officers in Arizona in June 2018, and no record of any crimes in New York has been found.
The police are checking whether he is an illegal alien.
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