Shock in Brussels: The moment a man pushes a woman on the rails just before the subway arrives

A 23-year-old Frenchman has been charged with “attempted murder” and was taken into custody this weekend after pushing a woman into rails of subway of its capital Belgium, announced the Brussels prosecutor’s office.

The video of the attack, which took place on Friday night, was widely circulated on social media, provoking shock in the country, reports the French Agency.

The CCTV footage shows a young man wearing a T-shirt and holding a black backpack. wanders to the metro dock, before pushing hard a woman on the rails.

It is noted that this incident took place just a few seconds before a train arrives, with his driver, however, managing to stop him in time, relays the RES EIA.

The victim, who was slightly injured, as well as the subway driver had to be hospitalized the same night. The second was shocked.

The first information about the perpetrator’s profile

The perpetrator, who was arrested the same night at another metro station, appeared before an investigator on Saturday who was prosecuting him for “attempted murder”. He was then taken into custody, according to the prosecution.

Belgian media broadcast that this is the “Benjamin P., A 23-year-old Frenchman from the Nancy area (east).

The suspect is expected to submit in the next period to psychiatric examination, clarified the prosecution.

A source close to the investigation told the French Agency earlier on Monday that the 23-year-old is known to the police authorities in France for “thefts and drug-related casesAnd that he has no known place of residence in Belgium. It had nothing to do with the victim, according to the same sources.