Shocking Incident in NYC Subway: Man Caught on Camera Attacking Jewish Woman

A Bronx woman was recorded on video hurling anti-Semitic insults before allegedly pulling the hair of a Jewish passenger on the subway.

The New York Post reports that police have identified Diana Smith as the suspect who allegedly initiated the vile assault with hateful comments this past Sunday.

The incident occurred around 2:15 p.m. on a packed subway train in Lower Manhattan when Smith reportedly attacked a 23-year-old Jewish woman from the Upper West Side.

In footage shared on social media, Smith, dressed in a camouflage jacket, is seen in the train car exclaiming, “Jews are eating kids!”

Smith then seems to target the young woman directly, nodding while saying, “You’re a Jew, I smell the kids,” all the while smiling.

The video then cuts to the deranged lady allegedly reaching toward the victim as bystanders can be heard gasping, while she continues yelling, ‘Jews are eating kids.’ 

A few other train passengers tried to calm the situation, but Smith continued shouting, ‘It’s ok for Jews to eat kids, but I can’t choke her now.’

‘I was just assaulted,’ the young victim said as she turned the camera onto herself before panning it back to Smith.

Diana Smith allegedly shouted antisemitic remarks on a NYC subway

She allegedly attacked a 23-year-old Orthodox Jewish woman

The victim said Smith attacked her and ripped out her hair

The victim – a nurse and Montreal native who asked not to be identified – told the Post she had been on the train for just one stop when Smith boarded.

The Bronx woman allegedly began warning a couple about what she claimed were the ‘dangers of Jews stealing wealth.’

Smith allegedly said: ‘You could always see the reflection of a Jew,’ then turned toward the 23-year-old and stared at her while smiling eerily, per the victim.

‘I decided in that moment I really did not want to show fear in the face of that, so I stared at her right back down, and I said, “So you see my reflection?”

‘And she said, “Yeah, and I smell it on you too,”‘ the Jewish woman told the outlet.

Part of the harassment was caught on camera, but after the victim’s phone was knocked from her hand, she said Smith allegedly choked her and pushed her to the ground. 

The Jewish woman added her hair was pulled so forcefully that a clump was ripped from her scalp. 

No one intervened with Smith’s behavior ‘until it was too late,’ the victim said. 

The 23-year-old escaped from the train at the next stop to flag down the police, while another train rider pushed the emergency button.

The victim told the NY Post that she also suffered a concussion from the ordeal

No one intervened with Smith’s behavior ‘until it was too late,’ the victim said

The victim, who blurred herself out of the video, said she was assaulted by Smith

Smith was arrested shortly after, and is facing a slew of charges including hate crime assault, hate crime criminal obstruction of breathing and aggravated harassment, according to court records obtained by the outlet.

‘When I had to identify her, a ton of people were like, “Oh, we saw what happened, are you OK?”

‘And, that was extremely triggering for me, because, of course, I’m not OK. I kept just thinking, I’m not in Nazi Germany,’ the woman told the outlet.

The Jewish woman said she suffered a concussion from the ordeal. 

‘She’s pure evil, but she was lucid enough to know I was Jewish,’ the victim told the outlet.