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A 33-year-old Guatemalan citizen was charged with murder and arson on Monday (Dec 23) after allegedly lighting a woman on fire and watching her burn to death on a New York City subway train over the weekend.

Sebastian Zapeta was arrested about six hours after police say he used a lighter to ignite the clothes of a woman who appeared to be dozing on a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn.

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00:00A 33-year-old Guatemalan citizen has been charged with murder and arson after allegedly
00:08lighting a woman on fire and watching her burn to death on a New York City subway train
00:12Sunday morning.
00:14Sebastian Zepeta was arrested about six hours after police say he used a lighter to ignite
00:19the clothes of a woman who appeared to be sleeping on a stationary F train at the Coney
00:24Island-Stilwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn.
00:28Police said there appeared to have been no prior interaction between the assailant and
00:31the victim, who has not been identified.
00:34A spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Zepeta entered the country
00:39illegally after being removed in 2018.
00:42The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it was unclear when or where Zepeta had re-entered
00:48the country.
00:58U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Zepeta entered the country illegally after
01:03being removed in 2018.
01:05A spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Zepeta entered the country
01:10illegally after being removed in 2018.
01:13A spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Zepeta entered the country
01:18illegally after being removed in 2018.
01:21A spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Zepeta entered the country

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