Woman found in flames, killed on Brooklyn subway: NYPD

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – A woman died after she was found engulfed in flames on an F train Sunday morning, according to the NYPD. 

The woman was asleep on a stopped F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station around 7:30 a.m. Sunday when a stranger lit her on fire, police said.

Police shared images of the man accused of setting a woman on fire. (NYPD)

The fire was extinguished and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. 

Her accused attacker ran, and police have not made any arrests Sunday afternoon. The death is being investigated as a homicide, police said.

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