NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train used a shirt to fan the flames, a prosecutor said Tuesday at his arraignment on murder charges.

Authorities are revealing more details surrounding the killing of a woman who was set on fire while sleeping on the New York City subway​.

A man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a woman who was set on fire on a subway train in New York. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was charged with first and second degree murder as well as arson on Monday over the attack.

Calil, 33, of Guatemala was charged Monday afternoon with murder after authorities say he approached a woman on a train in Brooklyn and ignited her clothes.

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

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.

Federal immigration officials said the accused, Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan citizen, entered the U.S. illegally after he was previously deported in 2018.