In the US metropolis New York, violent incidents occur again and again in subway stations. Now a woman has died – because a man pushed her onto the tracks. The police suspect a racist background.
A woman has died in New York after a man pushed her in front of an approaching subway train. The incident happened on Saturday morning at a train station near Times Square, several US media reported unanimously.
The suspect initially fled, but turned himself in at a police station a little later. He is known to the police. The police apparently suspect a racist background. The victim was a 40-year-old Asian woman.
“This was a senseless, absolutely senseless act of violence,” New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at a news conference. The incident was “unprovoked” and the woman had not previously interacted with the man. Around 9:40 a.m., officials received an emergency call and found the woman with serious injuries under a train. She died at the scene of the crime.
Suspect charged with murder
The man reportedly confessed to the crime. The suspect had an encounter with another non-Asian woman before the incident. The eyewitness reported that the man had approached her and she had the feeling that he wanted to push her in front of the train. She then walked away and later saw him push the other woman onto the tracks.
The train driver suffered trauma and was taken to the hospital. “You enter this system hoping to achieve your goal, only to find that a loved one has lost their life,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams, himself a former New York City Traffic Police officer. The suspect was reportedly charged with murder.
Safety on New York’s subways is a growing concern for many citizens, NBC News reported. Although police statistics show that serious crime on the subways has decreased over the past two years, passenger numbers have decreased. In recent months, several people have been stabbed, attacked or pushed onto the tracks at train stations in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Times Square.
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