US authorities have charged a homeless man in the death of a New York resident pushed in front of an oncoming subway train and killed as onlookers watched.
Naeem Davis, 30, was arraigned on Wednesday night on a second-degree murder charge and ordered held without bail in the death of 58-year-old Ki-suck Han on Monday. He is due back in court on December 11.
As the handcuffed defendant walked past reporters, he blamed the victim for what happened.
"He attacked me first. He grabbed me," Davis said.
Asked by a television news reporter if he meant to kill Han, Davis replied "No."
Prosecutor James Lin told the judge that Davis saw the train strike Han before leaving the Times Square station.
"The defendant never once offered any aid to the victim as the train approached the platform and in fact, this defendant watched the train hit the victim," Lin said.
But Davis' Legal Aid lawyer, Stephen Pokart, said outside court that his client reportedly "was involved in an incident with a man who was drunk and angry."
A witness, Leigh Weingus, told The New York Times that Han appeared to be aggressive towards Davis.
Han's wife had said she had argued with her husband that morning and that he had been drinking.
Han's death got widespread attention not only for its horrific nature, but because he was photographed a split-second before the train trapped him and seemingly no one attempted to come to his aid.
A freelance photographer for the New York Post, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, was waiting for a train on Monday afternoon when he said he saw a man approach Han at the Times Square station, get into an altercation with him and push him into the train's path.
The Post photo in Tuesday's edition showed Han with his head turned towards the train, his arms reaching up but unable to climb off the tracks in time.
The photographer, R. Umar Abbasi, told NBC's Today show on Wednesday that he was trying to alert the motorman to what was going on by flashing his camera.
He said he was shocked that people nearer to the victim didn't try to help in the 22 seconds before the train struck.
"The people who were standing close to him ... they could have moved and grabbed him and pulled him up. No one made an effort," he added.
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