Terrible images. Wednesday, December 31, early in the afternoon, a 45-year-old man was pushed onto the subway tracks in New York by an unknown person, reports the New York Times. On the video from surveillance cameras, widely shared on social networks, we can see the individual being thrown onto the track by another man, just as a train arrives at the station.
The victim, identified as Joseph Lynskey, a DJ by profession, miraculously survived, but suffered serious injuries, including a ruptured spleen, four broken ribs and a skull fracture.
The alleged attacker is Kamel Hawkins, 23, according to the New York daily. He is known to the police for cases of harassment and assault and has been charged with “attempted murder”.
The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, deplored a “terrible act of violence”. “Violence in all its forms has absolutely no place in our subway system and even when it is rare, random acts of violence like this help to destabilize New Yorkers,” continued the elected official. .
This act of violence is not an isolated case on public transport in the American city. On Sunday, December 22, around 7:30 a.m., a man set fire to the clothes of a sleeping woman, identified as Debrina Kawam, burning her alive. The same day, a 37-year-old man was fatally stabbed at the 61st Street-Woodside station in Queens around 12:35 a.m.
