Homicide detectives have charged a man with first-degree murder in the death of a man they believe was pushed onto the subway tracks at Bloor-Yonge station Monday. Police said the victim was a man in his 50s or 60s. According to Toronto homicide Det. Rob North, the victim was on the eastbound platform at about 10:15 a.m. before he was pushed onto the tracks as the train entered the station. In a news release, police said the victim was injured on the tracks and taken to hospital, where he later died. Police charged a 57-year-old man with first-degree murder, North said Monday night, adding the man was scheduled to appear in court at College Park on Tuesday morning. North told CP24 the man was “murdered viciously, pushed in front of a train.” He appealed for witnesses to come forward and noted police have not yet identified the victim, who he described as an Asian man with white hair, wearing a white baseball cap, shorts and blue sneakers.Read more: Subway delays cause chaos for TTC passengers Monday morningPolice seek help with ID of woman fatally struck by train at Pape subway stationOpinion | Rosie Dimanno: Court hears 911 call at subway pusher trialOne witness described the incident as “really distressing.” The TTC assured riders that such incidents, however frightening, are “incredibly rare.”It has been more than 20 years since someone was pushed off a Toronto subway platform and killed, according to the TTC, though there have been more recent non-fatal cases.North said there was a brief encounter between the two men before Monday’s incident occured, but declined to provide details about the exact nature of the encounter.“Based on what we’ve seen so far, the push happened very quickly, and there was none to very limited interaction between our deceased and our accused,” North said. At the time of Monday’s incident, there were about 50 people in the station, but TTC spokesperson Brad Ross said ...
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