MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) – A woman has been charged with aggravated battery for allegedly dousing another woman with a half-gallon of gasoline and setting her on fire during an argument at a gas station.
Anjail Durriyyah Muhammad of Gadsden, Ala., was charged with aggravated battery, a felony punishable with up to 20 years in prison. She was being held Monday in the Cobb County jail.
Authorities identified the victim as Nodiana Antoine, who was hospitalized in critical condition Monday.
with burns over more than 64 percent of her body.
The arrest warrant said Muhammad maliciously caused bodily harm by seriously disfiguring Antoine’s feet, arms and torso by pouring gasoline on her and lighting her on fire Sunday morning.
Pierce did not say what started the argument between the two women. Both had gasoline on their clothes.
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