Man Sets Fellow Rider on Fire in NYC Subway Attack
TL;DR
Petrit Alijaj, 23, suffered burns on 30% of his body after shielding his fiancée from a man who threw flaming liquid on a NYC subway. Alijaj, originally from Albania, is recovering in the hospital while the assailant, Nile Taylor, was arrested nearby. This incident marks the second flaming liquid attack on a subway passenger in four months.
- NYC straphanger set on fire blocked fiancée from maniac’s flaming liquid in subway attack, has burns on 30 percent of his body New York Post
- Man throws flaming liquid on New York City subway, burns fellow rider ABC News
- Man hospitalized after being set on fire on 1 train, police say WABC-TV
- Man sets stranger on fire on downtown Manhattan subway train: cops New York Daily News
- Man set on fire inside Manhattan train station: police NBC New York
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