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The attack happened Monday night on a Blue Line train, police
said. Witnesses told investigators that the 26-year-old woman
and a man believed to be in his 40s began arguing, and that the
man then doused her with a liquid and set her alight.
When the train pulled into the Clark and Lake stop, the man fled
and the woman stumbled out and fell on the ground, police said,
noting that she was taken to a hospital in critical condition,
authorities said. The hospital later declined to discuss her
condition.
A person of interest in the attack was taken in custody, police
said later Tuesday. They didn't say if the man and woman knew
each other.
Like many other major cities, Chicago has seen a drop in violent
crime after a pandemic-era spike. Urban crime has been a hot
topic of late following President Donald Trump's
characterization of several Democratic-led cities, including
Chicago, as crime-ridden wastelands in need of federal
intervention. Local officials have pushed back against that
narrative.
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