The man who sprayed flammable liquid and partially burned a woman in a bus on Saturday evening in Noisy-le-Sec (Seine-Saint-Denis) was still on the run Monday, we learn from a police source.
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Another man who had been suspected shortly after the facts and placed in police custody on Sunday was released, for his part said the Bobigny prosecutor's office.
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, a police source told AFP.
Both were slightly injured.
The investigation for attempted voluntary homicide was entrusted to the judicial police of Seine-Saint-Denis.