Man Throws Flaming Liquid on New York City Subway, Burns Fellow Rider: Police

Man Throws Flaming Liquid on New York City Subway, Burns Fellow Rider: Police
The MTA logo on the side of a New York City subway car in the Queens borough of New York on April 23, 2020. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—A man set a cup of liquid on fire and tossed it at a fellow subway rider in New York City, setting the victim’s shirt ablaze and injuring him, police said Sunday.

The random attack happened on a No. 1 train in lower Manhattan on Saturday afternoon, city police said, adding that the suspect was in custody on an array of criminal charges. Authorities also charged the man in connection with a similar fiery assault on the subway in February.