Fury as two women are seen attacking father and his young daughter on Boston subway

A father and his young daughter were attacked as they rode a late night subway train in Boston.

Police in the city are now turning to the public for help in identifying two women allegedly behind the attack, which occurred on an MBTA subway train last month.

Surveillance images of the suspects have been released by the Transit Police Department along with details of how the attack happened on a Red Line train between Downtown Crossing and Quincy Center, on June 5 around 1am.

Images released by the Transit Police show both suspects in a Red Line station. 

One female suspect was seen wearing an American flag tank top and has several distinguishing tattoos on her arms, chest, and face. 

The other had a blonde pixie cut and was seen wearing a black top with blue shorts. 

Local residents are both shocked and angry by what happened.

'It's just bad. And karma is real - God don't like ugly,' said Nene who is also a mother to a four-year-old girl, to Boston25 News.

'That's sad because that could be their father and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want that to be done to their dad,' she added.

It was a view also shared by other riders of Boston's T subway. 

'It's horrible. Obviously, no one ever deserves that. I hope whoever sees them comes and tells the police because we need to get them,' said Tariq Sobhi from the Boston suburb of Quincy.

'Definitely, there's always precautions but you shouldn't be that way. It's a safe town and we should all feel safe on our town so I hope they get caught and justice is served,' he said.