2024年紐約地鐵縱火燒人案

美國紐約市縱火及謀殺案

當地時間2024年12月22日,早上約7點30分,一名女乘客在美國紐約地鐵上遭縱火焚燒。該乘客在F線列車停靠於布魯克林區康尼島-斯提威爾大道車站時,遭一名男子以打火機點燃衣物,並在短短數秒內被烈焰吞噬。嫌疑犯身份已確認為非法移民塞巴斯蒂安·薩佩塔-卡利爾(Sebastian Zapeta-Calil),目前因涉嫌謀殺被捕[2]

2024年紐約地鐵縱火燒人案
地圖
康尼島-斯提威爾大道車站在紐約市的位置
位置 美國紐約市布魯克林區康尼島-斯提威爾大道車站
座標40°34′38″N 73°58′52″W / 40.57722°N 73.98111°W / 40.57722; -73.98111
日期2024年12月22日,​4天前​(2024-12-22
約07:30(UTC-5北美東部時區
類型縱火燒人
武器打火機
死亡1
被告塞巴斯蒂安·薩佩塔-卡利爾
指控
  • 一級謀殺(一項)[1]
  • 二級謀殺(一項)
  • 一級縱火(一項)

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案發時間為當地時間2024年12月22日早上約7點30分[3] [4],地點為停靠中的F線列車。該兇手接近車廂內唯一的乘客[5],隨後使用打火機點燃她的衣服。火勢迅速蔓延,受害者瞬間陷入火海[6][7]

犯罪後,嫌疑犯離開車廂但未離開現場。旁觀者的手機拍下一段影片,顯示嫌疑犯坐在附近長椅上觀看火勢,並疑似用一件T恤扇動火焰[8][9]。當警員趕到現場時,隨身攝影機記錄下了嫌疑犯坐在車廂對面的長椅上的畫面,但由於當時未確認其身份,嫌疑犯得以逃離。稍後,警方公佈影片中的影像以尋求公眾協助辨認。一名大都會運輸署工作人員用滅火器撲滅火焰[10],但受害者仍於早上7點48分被宣告死亡[11][6][12]

薩帕特-卡利爾最終在34街-先驅廣場車站被捕,3名高中生在另一列地鐵上認出他並報警[13][14][15][3]。警方在他身上發現一個打火機[16][17]

截至12月24日,受害者身份仍未確認[18][19][20]。當局表示她是一名無家可歸者[12]。此前,網絡上曾流傳一個虛假訊息,指稱受害者名為阿米莉亞·卡特(Amelia Carter)[21],甚至附有AI生成的虛假圖像[22][23][24]。法醫驗屍報告顯示,受害者死於高溫燒傷及吸入濃煙[25]

嫌疑犯

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嫌疑犯為33歲的塞巴斯蒂安·薩佩塔-卡利爾[26][27],他於2018年因試圖從墨西哥非法入境美國亞利桑那州邊境而遭引渡,隨後仍成功非法進入美國[28][29]。目前尚無法確定他在美國的停留時間[27]

事發後不久,薩帕特-卡利爾即被警方逮捕,並被控一級謀殺、二級謀殺及縱火罪[29][30]。12月23日晚間,他曾被送往醫院,但隔天即出院[25]。根據當局調查,嫌疑犯與受害者並無任何關係,這宗襲擊事件極可能是隨機所為[31][32][33]。12月24日,薩帕特-卡利爾出庭受審,但並未作出任何辯護聲明[34][7][35]。檢察官在庭審中透露,薩帕特-卡利爾曾告訴警方,他當時喝了大量酒精,完全不記得發生過什麼[34]

反應

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紐約市市長艾瑞克·亞當斯X/Twitter平台上發文指出:「這種令人髮指的行為在我們的地鐵系統中毫無立足之地,我們承諾將全力以赴,確保對所有暴力犯罪的受害者伸張正義[36]。」紐約市警察局局長傑西卡·蒂施形容此事件是「一個人對另一個人能犯下的最令人髮指的罪行之一」[37]。即將上任的邊境事務專員湯姆·霍曼批評市長艾瑞克·亞當斯和紐約州州長凱西·霍赫爾,認為他們的政策讓紐約市成為「非法移民的避風港」[38][39]

布魯克林地方檢察官艾瑞克·岡薩雷斯表示:「這宗針對弱勢女性的殘酷暴力行為將面臨最嚴厲的法律制裁[40]。」

網絡上許多人對一些紐約市警察局警員表達強烈不滿,這些警員當時站在列車外,卻眼睜睜看着受害者被火焰吞噬[41]。同時,旁觀者的冷漠態度也引發批評,活動家和媒體譴責他們選擇拍攝影片,而非上前協助受害者[42]

參見

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