WOMAN lucky to be alive after being set on fire on a TTC bus.
Toronto Police say a man was travelling on the same TTC bus as a woman he allegedly set on fire as a horrified driver sped for help to the Kipling subway station.
“The man poured a flammable liquid on the woman, then ignited it,” police said in an update. “The man then left the area.”
Described by police as a hate motivated incident, the woman was set alight on June 17 at 12.23 p.m. on board a TTC bus in the Kipling Avenue and Dundas Street W. area, police said.
The victim is in intensive care in hospital and was listed in critical and life-altering condition.
IT TOOK the work of many people at the scene to save the woman’s life.
Her devastated family members travelled here from New York City to be at her side.
The woman, believed to be in her 20s, suffered second and third-degree burns. She was rushed to Sunnybrook Health Sciences hospital in critical condition.
A suspect was arrested nearby and faces four criminal charges.
Tenzin Norbu, 33, of Toronto, is charged with attempt murder, assault with a weapon, common nuisance endanger lives, safety of public and mischief over $5,000, interfere with property.
He is slated to return to a Finch Ave. W. court on June 21.
The man is described as a Toronto-based Buddhist monk by some Tibetan online posts.