Police apprehended on Thursday the suspect accused of allegedly setting a sleeping homeless man on fire in a Midtown train on Monday.

According to police sources, a task force comprised of NYPD, ATF, and the FDNY arrested 18-year-old Hiram Carrero at his Upper Manhattan home on Dec. 4.

Carrero was charged with attempted murder, three counts of assault, criminal mischief, arson, and reckless endangerment. He is expected to be prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Law enforcement agents had been hunting for Carrero ever since the shocking attack during the early hours of Monday on a Harlem-bound 3 train near 34th Street-Penn Station.

Cops say a 56-year-old homeless man fell asleep on the moving train moments earlier when Carrero allegedly approached him,

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