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Kamal Semrade, 39, was charged with attempted murder and assault in the chilling May 21 assault that left 35-year-old straphanger Emine …

The man suspected of randomly shoving a woman against the side of a moving subway train in a terrifying attack over the weekend was arrested Tuesday morning, with the help of an eagle-eyed New York Post reader. said police officials.

Kamal Semrade, 39, was charged with attempted murder and assault in the chilling May 21 assault that left 35-year-old Emine Ozsoy in desperate need of spinal surgery, police said.

He is accused of shoving the victim’s head into a subway car that was leaving at the Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street station on the Upper East Side around 6 a.m. Sunday.

On Sunday night police released surveillance footage of the suspected attacker, who is believed to be homeless, showing him holding what appears to be a cup of coffee as he stands or walks on the platform.

Cops then got leads on the suspect after a Post reader sent a tip to NYPD Crime Stoppers saying he knew who the man was, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig.

Semrade had allegedly jumped a turnstile before launching into what police believe was an unprovoked attack, Essig said Tuesday. He noted that police have not yet been able to speak with the victim, who was hospitalized and is in critical condition Monday.

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Kamal Semrade was charged with attempted murder and assault for the terrifying assault.

Kamal Semrade, 39, was charged with attempted murder and assault in the incident.

“With open palms, he simply smashed his head, not his body, against the train. She just fell, she kept spinning because the train kept hitting her.”

The victim kept asking, “Am I going to die?” as she lay wounded in the station, her face cut to the bone, Marrero recalled.

“You could see the white inside, that’s how bad it was,” the postal worker said of the resulting wound that tore its way down the woman’s bloody face. “She said, ‘I don’t feel my arms. I feel like they are broken.

The attack happened at the Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street station on the Upper East Side around 6 a.m. Sunday.

Authorities took Ozsoy to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where doctors diagnosed him with a fractured spine and Essig said he underwent an eight-hour surgery.

Semrade has a previous confrontation with police officers for drinking alcohol in public.

When the cops stopped him, he asked for a lawyer after being shown surveillance photos of him and the victim.