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Chilling footage has emerged of cops walking past a woman as she burned to death on a New York City subway while her accused killer watched from a nearby bench.
Disturbing videos show a man identified by the New York Post as Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, a 33-year-old migrant from Guatemala, sitting on the platform at Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn after he allegedly lit the unnamed passenger on fire as she slept on the F train just before 7.30am on Sunday.
Zapeta-Calil, who is now in custody, can even be seen fanning the flames in one clip while the victim leans on the subway carriage exit completely engulfed by the blaze and other New Yorkers capture the unfolding horror on their phones.
Meanwhile, an NYPD officer walks by and appears to wave his hand over the scene in exasperation, but does not intervene to detain the suspect or help the victim.
NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told a press conference that officers who responded were not aware the suspect was on the scene at the time.