The police of Toronto have detained the man who has poured the flammable liquid and has burnt the young woman on one of bus stops of the city, TASS reported, referring to CTV.

Policemen found that a verbal altercation had broken out between the woman, about 20 years old, and a 35-year-old man, after which the latter doused the victim with an unspecified flammable liquid and set her on fire. The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

The attacker was quickly apprehended by police officers. He was taken into custody.