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

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.

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