NEW: Woman sleeping on a New York City subway burned alive by a man who lit a match and threw it on her, according to the New York Post.

“Animal” is too nice of a word to describe someone who would do this.

Police have since released a photo of the suspect.

Investigators say the man sitting across from the woman who was sleeping, got up and threw a match on her as he walked by, before fleeing the station.

The woman was found by police engulfed in flames on the F train at Coney Island-Stillwell Ave station.