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| New York police question woman over Queens subway death | New York police question woman over Queens subway death |
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| A woman has been taken into custody over the death of a man pushed in front of a speeding subway train, New York City police said on Saturday. | A woman has been taken into custody over the death of a man pushed in front of a speeding subway train, New York City police said on Saturday. |
| Detectives questioned the 31-year-old suspect after she "made statements implicating herself" but authorities are not releasing her name until formal charging, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said in a brief statement. Among other things, investigators were arranging for witnesses to positively identify the woman in custody as the attacker, police said. | Detectives questioned the 31-year-old suspect after she "made statements implicating herself" but authorities are not releasing her name until formal charging, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said in a brief statement. Among other things, investigators were arranging for witnesses to positively identify the woman in custody as the attacker, police said. |
| Sunando Sen, a 46-year-old Queens resident who was born in India and ran a printing shop, died Thursday night when a woman who had been muttering to herself on a train platform in Queens suddenly knocked him on the tracks as a train entered the station. | Sunando Sen, a 46-year-old Queens resident who was born in India and ran a printing shop, died Thursday night when a woman who had been muttering to herself on a train platform in Queens suddenly knocked him on the tracks as a train entered the station. |
| The woman fled after the attack. Police released security camera video showing her running from the station. | The woman fled after the attack. Police released security camera video showing her running from the station. |
| The attack was the second time this month that someone was pushed to their death in a New York City subway station. A homeless man was arrested in early December and accused of shoving a man in front of a train in Times Square. He is awaiting trial, and claimed he acted in self-defense. | The attack was the second time this month that someone was pushed to their death in a New York City subway station. A homeless man was arrested in early December and accused of shoving a man in front of a train in Times Square. He is awaiting trial, and claimed he acted in self-defense. |
| Further details on how police managed to identify the suspect in Sen's death were not immediately available. | Further details on how police managed to identify the suspect in Sen's death were not immediately available. |
| Investigators had been following up on tips from people who had seen the security video and were checking homeless shelters and psychiatric units in an attempt to identify the woman. | Investigators had been following up on tips from people who had seen the security video and were checking homeless shelters and psychiatric units in an attempt to identify the woman. |
| It was unclear whether she had any connection to Sen. Witnesses told police the two hadn't interacted on the platform as they both waited for the train. | It was unclear whether she had any connection to Sen. Witnesses told police the two hadn't interacted on the platform as they both waited for the train. |
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