Prosecutors on Monday charged 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson in connection with the death of a woman who died after being set on fire in a New York City subway train a day earlier.

A man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train and then watching her die has been arraigned.

Police have defended their response, beginning when officers patrolling the station smelled and saw smoke coming from the F train.

Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was charged with murder and arson after a woman sleeping on the New York City subway was set on fire and died, police say.

New York City police have arrested a man on murder and arson charges in the death of a woman who was set on fire inside a subway train.

A man identified as a person of interest in the killing of a woman set on fire while sleeping in a subway car, Sebastian Zapeta, has been taken into NYPD custody.

A 33-year-old Guatemalan citizen was charged with murder and arson on Monday after allegedly lighting a woman on fire and watching her burn to death on a New York City subway train over the weekend, police and federal officials said.

The suspect, identified by police as Sebastian Zapeta, was taken into custody hours after the woman died on Sunday morning.