Berlin.- An unknown person has sprayed Gasoline and set fire to a woman on a tram in Gera, eastern Germany, before fleeing, police in the Thuringia region reported on Sunday.
"According to current information, A 46-year-old woman was sprayed by a man with a flammable substance and then set it on fire. The passengers immediately pressed the alarm button to stop the tram," the police said in a statement.
"When the tram doors opened, the perpetrator took the opportunity to flee in the direction of Gera-Langenberg. At the same time, the driver rushed to the woman's aid and extinguished the flames with a fire extinguisher," the statement explained.
The woman was taken to the hospital by helicopter and her condition is serious.
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Police are searching for the alleged attacker, who remains at large and has not yet been identified.
It is also unknown at this time whether the victim and attacker knew each other.
Gera is a town of about 90,000 inhabitants in eastern Thuringia.
