Indian-origin woman attacked on crowded railway platform in Canada, video goes viral

A disturbing video of an Indian-origin woman being brutally attacked on a crowded railway platform in Calgary, Canada, has gone viral.

The woman was standing on the south side of the Third Street S.E. CTrain station, located at 310C Seventh Ave. S.E., confirmed the Calgary Police in their X post.

The footage shows the man grabbing the woman’s jacket and repeatedly shaking her. He then grabbed her water bottle, splashed water on her face, slammed her into the transit shelter walls and demander her to give him her phone.

He fled the scene without the phone allowing the woman to call the police.

“Thanks to the support of witnesses in the area & to the swift actions of our members, we were able to make an arrest within 25 minutes of this incident,” says Calgary Police Service District 1 Inspector Jason Bobrowich.

The man has been identified as Braydon Joseph James French.

The video has gone viral and sparked outrage and allegations of racism.

The police say that they do not believe that the incident was racially motivated.

“At this time the incident is not believed to be racially motivated, however, our Diversity Resource Team is engaging with those in the community who are impacted by this incident.”