Moment Disturbed Man Tries To Push Random Woman Into Path Of Oncoming Train

A disturbed man has been arrested after trying to push a woman into the path of an oncoming train.

The incident was captured by a security camera at Se Metro Station in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo on 23rd April.

The footage, which was released just this week, shows how a man approaches the female commuter and gives her a violent shove just as a train pulls into the station.

Man trying to push passengers on the tracks of the Sao Paulo Metro, in Brazil, in April 2021. (Newsflash)

Fortunately, she managed to resist being pushed onto the tracks and she and the two women standing next to her can be seen running away from the man after his violent action.

The local authorities later revealed that the man was subsequently arrested for attempted murder and admitted to a mental health hospital.

According to the police, who are investigating the case, the man suffers from schizophrenia and told officers he would have committed suicide had he succeeded in killing the woman.

Man trying to push passengers on the tracks of the Sao Paulo Metro, in Brazil, in April 2021. (Newsflash)

The police searched his residence and reportedly found a letter penned by the suspect in which he expressed homicidal and suicidal intentions.

His name has not been divulged, and it is not known if the woman he tried to kill was known to him, though local coverage of the incident suggests she was chosen at random.

The investigation continues.