New York sends 1,000 National Guard and state police members to subway stations. Fatal shots were fired during rush hour and passengers were pushed onto the tracks.
The metro in the US east coast metropolis is considered the city's lifeline. The subway network had actually become safer recently. During the corona pandemic, the number of violent crimes in the local transport system increased; in mid-2022 there was around one violent crime for every million journeys on the subway. Since then, overall crime has fallen - by almost three percent in 2023 compared to the previous year.