The brutal scene unfolded at the Queens subway station in New York on Friday. The surveillance camera shows how the man on the right in the picture puts down his bag to – seemingly completely unprovoked – make a bet and run up to a man on the other side whom he pushes down onto the track. The perpetrator flees the scene and three days later, thanks to these surveillance images, the police were able to arrest him.
The man who was attacked is 32 years old and was on his way to work when he was pushed. He broke his collarbone but survived. He tells the local TV channel NBC New York that he is happy to be alive but that he is in so much pain that it is difficult to get in and out of bed.
Watch the attack in the player in the player above