UES Subway Shover Indicted On Attempted Murder: DA

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The man charged with shoving a woman into a moving train in late May was indicted by a grand jury for attempted murder, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg yesterday.

Kamal Semrade, 39, was arrested and charged two days after he pushed a 35-year-old woman into a moving train at the Lexington Avenue-63rd Street station on May 21.

Bragg's office said the victim, Emine Ozsoy, remains paralyzed from the shoulders down.

“Kamal Semrade now stands indicted on Attempted Murder for an alleged unprovoked attack on a straphanger,” said Bragg. “My thoughts are with the victim, whose life is forever changed, and her loved ones. Anyone who seeks to cause harm in our subway system will be held accountable.”

As both Semrade and Ozsoy exited the train at around 6 a.m. on May 21, Semrade grabbed the graphic designer and barista's head from behind and shoved her with all of his strength into the moving train car, according to officials.

Ozsoy's head and face hit the train with such force that she was spun back from the train and slammed onto the platform, fracturing her spine and "instantly" paralyzing her, said prosecutors at Semrade's arraignment.

According to her husband, Ozsoy loved New York City and felt even safer than she had in her home of Istanbul.

He added that she had even taken a part-time job at a cafe — where she was headed that Sunday morning — because "she wanted to build a community in NYC, where she could recognize local people’s faces," in addition to her award-winning illustration work.

Semrade was arrested two days later inside a Queens shelter when workers there recognized his image from a NYPD bulletin, according to the D.A.'s office.

In addition to attempted murder in the second degree, Semrade was also charged with first degree assault by the grand jury yesterday.