A man waiting for a subway train in Manhattan was thrown in front of an oncoming train Tuesday afternoon but survived with leg and head injuries, New York City police said.
The apparent attack comes less than two weeks after a woman was killed when a parked train was set on fire in New York City, an act of violence that has horrified the city.
In new cases Tuesday, caught on videoAround 1:35 p.m. ET, just as a southbound train was entering the station, a man approached another man and pushed him from behind onto the subway tracks, a police department spokesperson said.
The incident occurred at the 18th Street subway station in the Chelsea neighborhood of central Manhattan, a few blocks west of Union Square.
Police have one man in custody, who is a person of interest in the case, but have not yet filed charges, NYPD spokesman Austin Glickman said. The man who was thrown in front of the train was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical but stable condition. He is 45 years old, Associated Press reported.
Power was cut off to the southbound line at the station for about an hour to facilitate the rescue of the man who was thrown and an investigation into what happened, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesperson said. Service was fully restored by 4 p.m. ET, a spokesperson said.
The woman set on fire earlier this month was identified Tuesday as Debrina Khawam, 57, of Toms River, New Jersey. The suspect in the murder, Sebastian Zapeta, was charged with first-degree murder.
Prosecutors allege Zapeta set the woman's clothes on fire while she was sleeping on a Brooklyn F train on the morning of Dec. 22, then fanned the flames with his shirt. The suspect told authorities he didn't know what happened.
Personal safety on the subway generally comparable to Safety for the entire city. But incidents of life-threatening crimes, including stabbings and shoving, have sparked growing alarm over the trains, which have carried more than a billion passengers throughout this year.
police numbers According to the study, until November this year, major crimes on the subway had decreased compared to the same period last year, but the number of murders had increased from five to nine.
people died in march After being thrown in front of a subway train in East Harlem.
The Associated Press contributed reporting.
