Calgary man charged with attempted robbery after alleged attack on woman at downtown CTrain station – Calgary [Video]

Calgary police say a 31-year-old Calgary man has been charged with attempted robbery after video was posted to social media showing him allegedly attacking a woman on a CTrain platform near city hall on Sunday.

In a statement on social media, police say the woman was standing on the CTrain platform on the south side of 7 Avenue when she was approached by an unknown man who grabbed her water bottle and splashed her face with it, before grabbing and shaking the woman while demanding her cellphone.

After a few seconds of shaking the woman and pushing her against the glass of the CTrain shelter, the video shows the man released her and fled the area — without her cellphone, according to police.

The video shows more than a dozen other people standing on the platform watching the attack, but none of them appear to have physically intervened to stop it.

The victim then called …