BERLIN (AP) — An assailant poured a liquid over a woman on a tram in eastern Germany on Sunday and set her on fire, police said. The woman was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, while the attacker fled.

Pictures from the scene in Gera, a German city in the eastern region of Thuringia, show burned upholstery in a public tram following the distressing daylight attack

A woman is in a life-threatening condition in hospital after a man doused her in a liquid and set her alight while she rode a tram in eastern Germany. The attacker, who police believe may have been her husband, was able to escape after passengers hit the emergency button to stop the tram.

The tram driver immediately began to extinguish the flames, and the 46-year-old woman was taken to hospital by helicopter. Police are hunting the assailant. It is not yet known wh

A 46- year-old woman has suffered life-threatening injuries after a man poured a flammable liquid on her and set her alight in the eastern city of Gera. The unknown attacker managed to escape.German police in the eastern city of Gera are investigating a case of attempted murder after a man doused a woman in a tram in a combustible liquid on Sunday morning and

German police said they are hunting a man who doused his wife with flammable liquid in a tram and set fire to her, causing critical wounds.

An assailant poured a liquid over a woman on a tram in eastern Germany on Sunday and set her on fire, police said. The woman was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, while the attacker fled.