A man has been arrested for allegedly robbing an Asian woman's bag and causing her to fall down the stairs to her death.
According to foreign media such as CBS on the 28th local time, David Robinson, a 53-year-old man wanted for murder, was arrested at Central Park in New York on the 26th.
Robinson is accused of injuring the head of Tan Twe, a 58-year-old woman from Myanmar who was climbing the stairs of a New York subway station in July, when she lost focus and fell off the stairs while trying to snatch it.
It is known that Mr. Twe's son was also present at the scene at the time, and the son tried to protect his mother by blowing himself up, but to no avail.
Twe was immediately taken to the hospital and underwent surgery, but fell into a coma and died on July 28.
▲ The suspect caught on CCTV at the time of the incident
Police identified Robinson as a suspect and wanted a $3,500 bounty, but it is known that Robinson had difficulties arresting because he was homeless.
On the 26th, four months after the incident, the suspect Robinson was arrested.
Robinson is said to be most likely to be charged with homicide (unintentional murder).
Local media reported that the incident "made a big stir in connection with hate crimes of Asian descent in the United States," and Mo Chan, a friend of the Twe family and an Asian community activist, said in an interview with local media, "Robinson should be prosecuted for hate crimes." " asserted.
Meanwhile, it is known that the bereaved family decided to donate Twe's organs when medical staff made a diagnosis that there was no chance of Mr. Twe's regaining consciousness.
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