The man arrested on murder and arson charges in the death of a woman who was set on fire inside a subway train has been arraigned, while police said the identity of the victim was still “pending.”

New York police on Monday were trying to determine why someone set a woman ablaze board a train in Brooklyn in a fatal attack drawing outrage from city and state leaders who have been laboring to make the trains safer.

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 accused of lighting a woman’s clothes on fire aboard a New York City subway was arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court Tuesday for first and second degree murder charges in addition to arson,

Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was arrested Sunday after teens recognized him from footage of the incident, which took place on an F train at the Stillwell Avenue station earlier that day, authorities say.

The crime deepened a growing sense of unease among New Yorkers about the safety of the subway system. NEW YORK — A man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train and then watching her die after she was engulfed in flames is awaiting arraignment on Tuesday.