The man who sprayed flammable liquid and partially burned a woman in a bus on Saturday night in Noisy-le-Sec (Seine-Saint-Denis) is still at large on Monday, a police source said.
Another man who had been suspected shortly after the facts and placed in police custody on Sunday was released, indicates for his part the Bobigny prosecutor's office.
A fire extinguisher to extinguish the flames
The 54-year-old victim suffered burns to his face, scalp and neck, but his life is not in danger.
The perpetrator fled on Saturday shortly after 7:00 p.m.
The victim's companion immediately rescued him, helped by the bus driver who extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher, relates a police source.
Both were slightly injured.
“There were big flames in the bus.
It smelled like burnt.
A man was yelling:
Stop!
Stop!
It was very shocking ”, confided to the Parisian on Sunday a young witness who witnessed the scene from his window.
The investigation for attempted voluntary homicide was entrusted to the judicial police of Seine-Saint-Denis.
Sunday, investigators said to favor the track of an imbalance.
Track that still needs to be confirmed.
