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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/world/11/10/killer-rtr-111016.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">New York City police arrest a woman after a commuter was pushed in front of a subway train as it arrived at a Times Square train platform in New York, New York. Police later identified the victim as 49-year-old Connie Watton, who was originally from the Philippines. James Carman, Reuters</div></figcaption></figure></div>NEW YORK - A woman shoved a Filipina-American off a New York City subway platform into the path of an approaching train, killing the victim instantly as bystanders watched in horror, police said Thursday.The victim was pushed onto the tracks Monday afternoon as a southbound No. 1 train pulled into the Times Square station and she was pronounced dead on the scene shortly afterward. Witnesses immediately alerted police officers, who apprehended the suspect in the station.The Associated Press identified the victim as 49-year-old Connie Watton, of Queens. She migrated to the U.S. from the Philippines, according to an AP report.&quot;What happened here today is tragic,&quot; Joseph Fox, chief of transit for the New York City Police Department, told reporters at the midtown Manhattan subway station, one of city&#x27;s largest and busiest.The victim was standing on the platform when the suspect, later identified as Melanie Liverpool, lunged at her, police said.Two hours after the incident, emergency responders were working to remove the woman&#x27;s body from the tracks and resume subway service at the station before peak evening commuting hours.Many of those who saw the attack were visibly shaken. Some witnesses said the victim and the suspect were involved in a dispute before the fatal shove, authorities said.According to AP, Liverpool confessed to killing Watton, but rebuffed the claim at her arraignment on a murder charge.&quot;What? I didn&#x27;t admit to nothing,&quot; Liverpool said before the judge reminded her she had a lawyer to speak for her.The 30-year-old suspect was ordered held without bail.Authorities have described her as emotionally disturbed, but her lawyer, Mathew Mari, said she had declined to give him any details on her medical history, AP reported.Liverpool and Watton were talking on the platform at the Times Square station before Liverpool pushed Watton in front of an approaching train, according to investigators &quot;This is a strong case, with multiple eyewitnesses,&quot; said Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Matthew Thiman.Watton worked for decades as a housekeeper for billionaire Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman, his daughter told the New York Post.&quot;My whole family is really sad and shocked,&quot; said Zibby Schwarzman. &quot;It&#x27;s horrifying.&quot;Dozens of people are hit by New York City subway trains each year, although most of the incidents are accidental, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the system.Last year, a woman was convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison for fatally pushing a man into the path of an oncoming New York subway train in 2012. - with a report from Reuters

NEW YORK - A woman shoved a Filipina-American off a New York City subway platform into the path of an approaching train, killing the victim instantly as bystanders watched in horror, police said Thursday.

NEW YORK - A woman shoved a Filipina-American off a New York City subway platform into the path of an approaching train, killing the victim instantly as bystanders watched in horror, police said Thursday.