A man who pushed a woman in front of an approaching train at a Brussels metro station on Friday has been detained on suspicion of attempted manslaughter, according to prosecutors.
The woman narrowly survived after the driver was able to pull the emergency brake just in time to avoid a fatal accident. In footage of the event, she can be seen with her head on the tracks as the train comes to a halt in front of her.In a statement given to CNN, the Brussels public prosecutor's office confirmed that police had been called to the Rogier metro station around 7:45 p.m. local time because"a young man had pushed a woman onto the metro tracks.
"It appears that a young man, after walking back and forth on the platform, pushed a woman on the metro tracks as a metro was approaching the station," the public prosecutor's office said."The driver, warned by other people on the platform, was able to stop the metro before it hit the victim. Thanks to the quick intervention of the metro driver, not a single passenger in the metro was injured.
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