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Daily Mail
6 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Horrifying screams of young woman as towering attacker tries to kidnap her in broad daylight
Disturbing video footage shows a young woman screaming in terror as a brutish attacker wrestles her to the ground after following her onto a New York City subway platform in broad daylight, police said. The frightening clip captured the assailant, dressed in all white, holding the victim against her will as a group of passengers looked on at the Norwood Avenue station in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn on Sunday morning. Shouts of 'Let her go!' could be heard as the suspect gripped the woman from behind while she continued to shriek hysterically, the video showed. After concerned witnesses stepped in and the victim managed to break free, the suspect then lunged at the woman before toppling her to the ground. That's when a group of good Samaritans surrounded the suspect, allowing the woman to scramble to her feet and run away missing one of her shoes. Several men appeared to hold the man down and pummel him before eventually backing away, the video showed. The accused attacker, Fredrick Marshall, 42, of Queens, was arrested and charged with harassment, assault and criminal weapons possession for having a knife and a 'blackjack' baton, the NYPD said. The unidentified victim, 20, suffered minor injuries to her stomach and arms, police said. Emergency responders treated her at the scene. It's unclear if the victim knew her attacker. Police said the two got into a verbal dispute after the suspect followed her onto the train platform. Footage of the attack spread on social media, racking up more than a million views - and loads of praise for the witnesses who intervened. 'Great job men! Finally some street justice,' one commenter wrote on Instagram. 'Exactly what I like to see, men standing up for women,' another replied. 'Her screams were pure fear,' a third wrote. There have been 1,051 transit-related crimes across New York City this year through June 29 - a 3 percent decrease from the same period in 2024, NYPD data shows.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Horrifying screams of young woman as towering attacker tries to 'kidnap' her in broad daylight
Disturbing video footage shows a young woman screaming in terror as a brutish attacker wrestles her to the ground after following her onto a New York City subway platform in broad daylight, police said. The frightening clip captured the assailant, dressed in all white, holding the victim against her will as a group of passengers looked on at the Norwood Avenue station in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn on Sunday morning. Shouts of 'Let her go!' could be heard as the suspect gripped the woman from behind while she continued to shriek hysterically, the video showed. After concerned witnesses stepped in and the victim managed to break free, the suspect then lunged at the woman before toppling her to the ground. That's when a group of Good Samaritans surrounded the suspect, allowing the woman to scramble to her feet and run away missing one of her shoes. Several men appeared to hold the man down and pummel him before eventually backing away, the video showed. The accused attacker, Fredrick Marshall, 42, of Queens, was arrested and charged with harassment, assault and criminal weapons possession for having a knife and a 'blackjack' baton, the NYPD said. The unidentified victim, 20, suffered minor injuries to her stomach and arms, police said. Emergency responders treated her at the scene. It's unclear if the victim knew her attacker. Police said the two got into a verbal dispute after the suspect followed her onto the train platform. Footage of the attack spread on social media, racking up more than a million views - and loads of praise for the witnesses who intervened. 'Great job men! Finally some street justice,' one commenter wrote on Instagram. 'Exactly what I like to see, men standing up for women,' another replied. 'Her screams were pure fear,' a third wrote. There have been 1,051 transit-related crimes across New York City this year through June 29 - a 3 percent decrease from the same period in 2024, NYPD data shows.
CBC
20-05-2025
- CBC
Man sentenced to life in prison for fatal 2022 Toronto subway stabbing
Social Sharing A man who stabbed two women on a Toronto subway in 2022, killing one of them, has been sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder. Neng Jia Jin, who was sentenced Tuesday in Ontario Superior Court, has no chance of parole for 25 years. He also received a 20 year sentence for attempted murder. "The impact of Mr. Jin's conduct is profound. No sentence that I impose can adequately compensate for this harm," said Justice Joan M. Barrett. Jin had pleaded guilty to both charges at a pre-trial hearing in February. In Canada, first-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence without the ability to apply for parole for 25 years, while attempted murder comes with a sentencing range of six years to life. On the afternoon of Dec. 8, 2022, Jin randomly attacked two women on an eastbound subway train approaching High Park station, stabbing both several times, according to the agreed statement of facts. He injured a 37-year-old woman, according to the court document, and fatally wounded 31-year-old Vanessa Kurpiewska of Toronto. Kurpiewska died in hospital shortly after. The other woman — whom Jin stabbed in the abdomen, arm, hand and leg — suffered extensive permanent nerve damage and a physical scar. Jin did not know the victims, according to court documents. Over the course of the sentencing hearing, which began last month, five victims were presented to the court, including Kurpiewska's sister, who read a victim impact statement in court on behalf of her family. She said her sister was a kind soul, and her death was a "pure act of evil that took her away and will haunt the family forever." A witness who tried to save Kurpiewska from the attack told the court in his own statement that the incident had shaken him, causing him to contemplate suicide. Jin considered killing other people first Court documents show that several hours after his arrest, Jin gave a videotaped statement to police saying he had made a plan to kill people when he woke up that day. Jin, a Chinese national, told police after the stabbing that he knew the women were innocent, but he wanted to take revenge after a Canadian doctor damaged his eyesight during a surgery. He said he'd wanted to sue, but a lawyer told him he couldn't because he had no legal Canadian status, so he wanted to take revenge on other innocent people. Video evidence showed Jin took a bus to Kennedy station in Scarborough hours before the attack. On the bus ride, footage showed Jin glancing at female passengers. WATCH | 2022 TTC stabbing leaves one woman dead, another injured Woman dead after stabbing at Toronto subway station 2 years ago Duration 1:19 He took the subway to Royal York station, according to court documents, where surveillance video showed him start to stalk a woman who eventually managed to evade Jin by jumping off a train as it departed, after he had followed her on. In an impact statement read before the court, the woman said she's been haunted by Jin's stare ever since, and has become anxious in public, paranoid someone may be following her at any time. Jin spent the next hour going back and forth between west end subway stations before boarding an eastbound car at Islington station where his eventual victims were already riding just before 2 p.m., court documents said. Soon after, Jin took two knives from a bag he'd been carrying and stabbed Kurpiewska seven times, before moving on to his second victim seated in the back of the car. As he attacked her, a bystander on the train intervened to disarm and subdue him until police arrived.
