Passengers board a train in New York
ILLUSTRATION PHOTO: REUTERS
Sheet The New York Times On January 1, it was reported that a man waiting for a train was pushed to the ground by a stranger while the train was arriving at the station in Manhattan (New York, USA).
Police said the victim was seriously injured but his condition was stable. This man’s identity is unknown.
The suspect in the case was detained for questioning immediately after the incident, but has not been officially arrested or prosecuted. Fox 5 reported that the suspect is a 26-year-old man and authorities believe the attack was random.
Images of the incident that occurred at around 1:30 p.m. on December 31, 2024 (local time) show a man wearing an orange jacket standing near the tracks in the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan and appearing to be looking at his phone. .
A person wearing a black jacket passing behind suddenly pushed the victim hard, causing the victim to fall onto the tracks. Just a few seconds later, an electric train entered the station.
Videos on social media showed a group of firefighters pulling the man up between train cars. The victim moved his arms while lying on the train platform, while an onlooker at the scene said “he is alive”.
Authorities said the victim was examined, placed on a stretcher and taken to Bellevue Hospital. The power supply to the tracks in the above area was cut off for one hour. Service was restored at around 4:00 p.m. the same day.
Regarding the case of a woman burned to death while sleeping on a train in New York on December 22, 2024, magazine Forbes On January 1, citing police information, the victim was Ms. Debrina Kawam (57 years old), a resident of the town of Toms Rivers in New Jersey.
The New York Police Department previously said that the woman sat motionless on the F train stopping at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn at about 7:30 a.m. December 22 (US time), when a man A stranger approached and used a lighter to burn the victim’s clothes.
The information was released after many fake news and baseless speculations spread online about the victim’s identity.
The suspect in the case is Sebastian Zapeta-Calil (33 years old), a Guatemalan national who was deported in 2018 and then illegally immigrated back to the US. This suspect was arrested and charged with murder and arson.
