Authorities have identified the woman who burned to death after she was set on fire inside a New York City subway train as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam. At a news conference, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Kawam,

A man was critically injured Tuesday after police say someone pushed him in front of a train at a Manhattan subway station.

Authorities previously said they were using forensics and video surveillance to identify the victim, who burned to death on a subway car in Brooklyn. The man accused of lighting her on fire, Sebastian Zapeta, was taken into custody hours after police disseminated images of a suspect.

Police in New York City have named the woman who was set on fire and burned to death on a subway train in Brooklyn. Authorities on Tuesday identified Debrina Kawam, 61, of New Jersey as the victim of the seemingly random 22 December attack that burned her body beyond recognition.

The woman who was set on fire on the NYC subway has been identified as Debrina Kawam, of Toms River, New Jersey, police say.

A woman who died after being set on fire on a New York City subway train this month has been identified, according to police. The woman was named as Debrina Kawam, 57, of Toms River, New Jersey, the New York Police Department said.

A person was pushed onto subway tracks in New York City Tuesday afternoon, police said. The incident happened at the 18th Street station in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood around 1:40 p.m., according to the NYPD.

A man is in custody and being questioned after another man was pushed onto the subway tracks in New York City on Tuesday afternoon. It happened on the southbound No. 1 tracks at the 18th Street station in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood just after 1:30 p.