Belgium: Man Pushes Woman in Front of Metro Train in Brussels

 Viewer warning: The below video is disturbing.

On Friday night in Brussels, a 55-year-old woman was pushed onto the tracks in front of an arriving train at a Metro station by a young man. The driver of the Metro car was able to stop the train just in the nick of time. Other passengers helped get the woman off the tracks. She suffered only minor injuries.

The below article from the Belgian news outlet 7 Sur 7 (in French) has a clearer video of the incident.

https://www.7sur7.be/belgique/tentative-de-meurtre-a-la-station-rogier-le-suspect-place-sous-mandat-d-arret~aa722713/

The suspect fled the scene, but thanks to the rapid dissemination of his description, he was arrested a short time later at another station. His motive and whether he knew the victim are unknown. Belgian newspapers describe him only as a "23-year-old Frenchman".

Stay tuned.

*Update: Here is a translated account from the Dutch-language Belgian newspaper, Nieuwsblad. Translation by Fousesquawk.

 https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20220114_97975223

Woman deliberately pushed onto Brussels Metro track: 23-year-old French man arrested for attempted  homicide

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A particularly serious incident took place Friday evening, shortly after 19:40 in the Brussels- Rogier Metro Station: A man pushed a woman onto the tracks without reason. The driver of the Metro train, fortunately, managed to make an emergency stop at the last moment. The perpetrator is a 23-year-old French man. He fled across the tracks, but was arrested in the De Brouckere Metro station. He is being held Saturday in front of the investigating judge.

On the images from the security camera, you can see how the man waits for the arrival of the Metro train then pushes the victim in the back. While the woman falls heavily with her head on the rails, he runs away. The alert driver was able to stop using his emergency brakes. According to MIVB spokesperson, An Van Hamme, the driver "reacted very well."
The victim was not hit, and travelers were able to get her back on the platform. The woman was -like the Metro driver- taken to the hospital. Miraculously, the woman was only slightly injured. 
23-year-old French man
The suspect is a 23-year-old French man. He managed to escape over the Metro tracks but was later arrested in the De Brouckere Metro station. "Thanks to the dissemination of the images of the suspect within the police services, he was intercepted a few minutes later while he was in the De Brouckere Metro station," says Prosecutor Sarah Durant from the Public Prosecutor's office. After being questioned by police, the suspect was made available to the Public Prosecutor's Office and spent the night in jail.
On Saturday, he was then interrogated by the investigating judge and subsequently charged, "for attempted homicide".  The investigating judge also appointed a psychiatric expert to check on the condition of the suspect. What drove the man or if he knew the victim is not yet known.