Police have arrested the suspect behind a brutal attack where he was caught on camera repeatedly punching and kicking an elderly woman in the face and body as she said on the New York subway. The horrific incident took place on March 10 around 3.10am at the Nereid Ave Station in the Bronx on a northbound 2 train, and video of it surfaced on social media. The 78-year-old victim in the attack seemed to do nothing to provoke the merciless assault where she cowers as the man hits her. Other passengers on the train record the incident but fail to intervene. On Saturday NYPD Chief Dermot F. Shea posted the assailant's image on Twitter announcing the the suspect was apprehended and is in police custody. His name has not been released yet. On Saturday NYPD apprehended the man who was caught on camera assaulting a 78-year-old woman on riding the New York subway at 3am on March 10 NYPD shared the assailant's image on Friday asking for tips on his identity. By Saturday they announced the man was apprehended and is in police custody He added that the victim was treated in a hospital for her injuries and released and is 'getting the care, advocacy and support needed'. 'Thank you to the worldwide community for the tremendous assistance,' he added. The arrest comes one day after NYPD posted video of the suspect asking for help in identifying the assailant. In the shocking video the man is seen hitting the woman blow after blow as she tries to protect her face. The man can be heard saying 'Who the f**k you was talking to' as he finished his brutal assault. One female passenger can be heard saying 'Excuse me' to the man but he walks off the train. Police are looking for an African American man who repeatedly punched and kicked a 78-year-old woman in the head and body while she was riding the No. 2 subway on March 10 Shocking footage of the incident shows the man kick her while the frail woman helplessly holds her hands over her face but to no avail He got off at the 238th Street/Nereid Avenue stop and fled on foot. The woman was left in her seat cradling her head in her hands. Before he left he addressed the people filming saying: 'Worldstar that my n****r' in reference to the social media page that is full of violent videos. Police weren’t notified until the train arrived at the next and last stop, at Wakefield-241st Street station, when a bystander approached an officer in the station. Police said 78-year-old woman rode the train one more northbound stop and exited at 241st Street station where she was met by first responders. Passengers recorded the incident and could be heard saying 'Oh no' as the man carried out the attack but no one intervened as he kicked and punched her on the train She suffered from bleeding and swelling with cuts to the face. She was treated on scene by EMS and refused further medical attention. The suspect is an African American man, who has a black goatee, is approximately 40-years-old, is 6'0" and weighs 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, black knit cap, long black and white checkered scarf, metal framed glasses, and black pants. In a heartbreaking image, the woman is seen holding her head and appears to be crying. She suffered from bleeding and swelling with cuts to the face and received medical treatment Police described the African American man as around 40 and weighing 180 pounds NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot O'Shea also tweeted photo grabs of the man and claimed his department are actively investigating the incident The video was first posted on Twitter by a user named @BKLYNRELL1 and hundreds of social media users expressed their outrage at the attack. The user who first posted it tweeted: 'He’s crazy that’s somebody grandmother. Rt and find this a**hole.' He later wrote: 'For everybody asking me if this is my video. No and if I was there it was not going down like that. He was not getting away.' Another user called Kori James wrote: 'All i see is my grandma and it infuriates me.' NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot O'Shea also tweeted photo grabs of the man and claimed his department are actively investigating the incident. Another person wrote: 'WTF?! No one helped her during or after?! I KNOW I raised my sons better than that if they come across this situation!.' Many other social media users expressed their fury that some of the passengers recorded the incident and did nothing to help the victim. All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility