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Three suspects pour gasoline on North Carolina woman, set her on fire with lit cigarette: police

A 20-year-old North Carolina woman was reportedly assaulted and set on fire by three unknown assailants on Dec. 16. The report comes as a woman was burned alive on the New York subway with an illegal immigrant was arrested for the crime The attackers poured gasoline all over Ashanti Downey’s body and lit the highly flammable liquid with a cigarette before fleeing the scene, Harnett County Sheriff Wayne Coats reported in a Facebook post. Police are still looking for the suspects. “Ashanti Downey was walking in the area of NC...