Man arrested for subway attack and shove causing serious injury.
TL;DR
A man has been charged with attempted murder and assault after he attacked a 35-year-old woman at a subway station on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. The victim was pushed into a train and suffered lacerations to the head and spinal injuries. The NYPD used MTA cameras to quickly arrest the suspect, Kamal Semrade, 39. The incident marks a reduction in subway crime so far this year, with an 8.1% decrease in crime and a 12.8% decrease in felony assaults.
- Subway shove: Man arrested after woman attacked, shoved at UES station WABC-TV
- Man shoved woman into moving subway, NYPD says CBS New York
- Woman shoved into moving NYC subway train has 10% chance of walking again New York Daily News
- NYC subway shove victim, who now needs spinal surgery, kept asking witness: 'Am I going to die?' New York Post
- NYPD looking for man who pushed woman's head into subway train Eyewitness News ABC7NY
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