Horror as stranger tried to push woman in front of Tube train

A manhunt is underway after a woman who tried to break up an argument was almost pushed in front of a Tube train. 

The woman saw her attacker arguing with an elderly man at Leicester Square station on November 6. 

The man, wearing a puffer jacket, then turned on her, grabbing her arms and dragging her towards the tracks. There was a struggle and she managed to escape from him, but he grabbed her again and pushed her as a train arrived at around 3.30pm. 

Two witnesses intervened and managed to pull the woman away from the suspect who got onto the train. 

A British Transport Police spokesperson said: ‘The suspect is described as a male believed to be in his late twenties with a muscular build, wearing a beige scarf over his head and a short puffer jacket.’