[REUTERS] A woman shoved an unsuspecting traveler off a New York City subway platform into the path of an approaching train on Monday afternoon, killing the victim instantly as bystanders watched in horror, police said.
The victim, also a woman, was pushed onto the tracks as a southbound No. 1 train pulled into the Times Square station around 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT), and she was pronounced dead.
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on the scene shortly afterward. Witnesses immediately alerted coppers, who apprehended the suspect in the station.
Neither the victim nor the suspect was immediately identified by authorities.
"What happened here today is tragic," Joseph Fox, chief of transit for the New York City Police Department, told news hounds at the midtown Manhattan subway station, one of city's largest and busiest.
The victim was standing on the platform when the suspect, wearing a pink shirt and scarf, lunged at her, police said.
Two hours after the incident, emergency responders were working to remove the woman's body from the tracks and resume subway service at the station before peak evening commuting hours.
Investigators were reviewing surveillance video and interviewing witnesses to determine a motive, said William Aubry, the police department's chief of Manhattan detectives.
Many of those who saw the attack were visibly shaken. Some witnesses said the victim and the suspect were involved in a dispute before the fatal shove, Aubry said, but it was not immediately clear whether the women knew each other. |