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A 26-year-old woman has been left fighting for her life after she was set on fire while riding on a Chicago train last night.
According to police, the woman was doused in an unknown liquid before being set alight on the CTA Blue Line, as the train approached the Clark and Lake stop in the Loop section of the city.
The horrifying incident took place at 9.25 pm, according to a Chicago Police Department statement, and ended with the woman stumbling onto the platform. Bystanders extinguished the flames as they waited for officials to arrive.
Meanwhile, the suspect, who police say is believed to be around 45 years old, fled the scene and remains at large, officials have said.
The unnamed woman was quickly rushed to Chicago’s Stronger Hospital by the fire department, where she was found to have severe burns to her body and face, and remains in critical condition, according to the statement.
"Just seeing her lying on the ground and she was kind of hyperventilating and in a lot of pain,” a witness told Fox 32. “You could tell she was in really bad shape.
“All the medics were down there and there was a big turnout as far as responders and so forth."
Another witness told NBC 5 that they “saw a lady that was laying in the ground, and they were trying to give her CPR." As with the witness who spoke to Fox 32, they noted that the woman appeared to be in a “really bad state.”
I love how there is virtually no description of the attacker, I mean he set a woman on fire definitely don't give a description of them for the safety of the public.
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Wasn't someone murdered in exactly the same way in New York about a year ago?