German police on Thursday arrested a man on suspicion of setting fire to his wife in a car in the southern state of Baden-Württemberg.

The 47-year-old husband, who was living separately from his 45-year-old wife, was arrested at his residence, police said.

A witness said that he saw Thursday morning that the two (couple) quarreling in the street, and is suspected that the woman was injured by the quarrel also, and then set the pair on fire in the car and his wife inside, according to police data.