The man who set a woman on fire on board a Chicago transit train earlier this week has been hit with a federal terrorism charge, according to a criminal complaint.

Lawrence Reed, 50, was charged with one count of committing a terrorist attack or other violence against a mass transportation system on Wednesday out of the Northern District of Illinois in connection with the Monday night attack.

The incident unfolded just before 9:30 p.m. on a CTA blue line train.

Surveillance footage captured the moment Reed walked through the train car while holding a bottle and approached the victim, a 26-year-old woman with her back towards him. He then poured liquid over her head and body and attempted to ignite it, according to the criminal complaint.

The woman fought him off and ran towards the f

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